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Hospitalized Psychiatric Morbidity in Ireland: A Suggested Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Dermot Walsh  and
Brendan Walsh
Dermot Walsh
Affiliation:
St. Lomans Hospital, Palmerstown, Co. Dublin
Brendan Walsh
Affiliation:
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, U.S.A.
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Ireland has the highest rate of hospitalized mental illness on record. This is borne out both by the World Health Organization figures for treated mental illness (W.H.O., 1961), by international comparisons of point prevalence rates (Arentsen and Strdmgren, 1959) and by consideration of first admission rates (Hammer and Lcacock, 1961). The Irish national figures for each of these measures were respectively 7·12, 10·81 and 1·45 per 1,000 population in 1959. The rates exhibit a distinct geographical pattern within Ireland: they are highest on the coastal areas furthest from Dublin, while in the Dublin area they are as low as those of most western European countries. All three measures have risen over time, and the intercounty variation has also increased since 1900. In 1959 the coefficients of variation for both first admission and hospitalization rates were equal to 25·1 per cent.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 499 , June 1967 , pp. 675 - 676
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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