Northern Ireland

Mental health in Northern Ireland: have "the Troubles" made it worse?

“…33 The psychiatric services are unclear how much additional input, if any, is required to meet these higher levels of psychological morbidity. 28 This study does not provide an insight as to which aspects of the Troubles are having an impact on people's mental health. It may not be the more overt violence in itself that has caused the additional psychological morbidity.…”

Accuracy of diagnosis at routine psychiatric assessment in patients presenting to an accident and emergency department

“…Many patients who present with posttraumatic symptoms are related to incidents of sectarian or paramilitary violence [14]. Despite the cease-fires in the 1990s and some limited political progress in recent years, paramilitary activity has been ongoing and its victims continue to present at A&E departments.…”

Trauma Associated With Civil Conflict and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence From the Northern Ireland Study of Health and Stress

“…During the period of civil conflict in Northern Ireland (NI), which began in 1968 and lasted over 30 years, there were 3,737 deaths, approximately 48,000 persons injured, 34,000 shootings, and 14,000 bombings (Daly, ; Fay, Morrissey, & Smyth, ; Police Service of Northern Ireland [PSNI], ). The breadth of the impact of conflict was revealed in a recent study commissioned by the Commission for Victims & Survivors NI, which found that 30% of respondents had been directly affected through bereavement, physical injury, or experience of trauma (Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency [NISRA], ).…”