Psychological Medicine
- Psychological Medicine / Volume 10 / Issue 03 / August 1980, pp 465-470
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700047358 (About DOI), Published online: 09 July 2009
Research Article
The treated prevalence of mental illness in the Republic of Ireland – the three county case register study1
Dermot Walsha1 c1, Aileen O'Harea1, Bertram Blakea1, John V. Halpennya1 and Patrick F. O'Briena1
a1 Medico-Social Research Board, Midland, South Eastern and Western Health Boards, Ireland
Abstract
In-patient data show high rates for mental illness in the Republic of Ireland, particularly for schizophrenia. ‘One-day prevalence’ figures from the Three County psychiatric case register have been compared with similar data from the Camberwell register. The results confirm much higher contact rates in Ireland.
Correspondence:
c1 Address for correspondence: Dr Dermot Walsh, Medico- Social Research Board, 73 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Footnotes
1 With the help of Drs M. Reynolds, P. Spellman, S O'Shea, O. Leavy, P. O'Doherty, M. Waldron, G. CoughIan, A. Early, S. Geraghty and P. Fitzgerald; Messrs M. McCauley, C. Delaney, J. Smith, B. Costelloe, P. Bane; Misses P. Coffey, A. Dempsey, E. Cox, A. O'Keeffe; and Mrs P. Bane, C. Lennon and K. Jenkyns.
