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Adolescence is a time of growing independence from family for the majority of young people, however this does not mean that parents no longer play a significant supportive role in young people’s lives. Parents may be the first to notice changes in mood or behaviour that signal distress in a young person, and they are likely to be contacted if concerns are raised by teachers. The decision of whether or not to seek professional support then frequently rests with parents, and it is parents who must provide support to the young person as best they can while seeking support.
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The Department of Health has published its Tobacco Free Ireland 2021 Annual Report. The Report is available here.
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The Department of Health has published the first report on the Healthy Ireland Outcomes Framework. The report is available here.
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The Department of Justice and the Department of Health have published the final report of the High Level Taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those who come into contact with the criminal justice sector. The report is available here.
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UCD and the ESRI have released a research report on Environmental Transport Noise and Health: Evidence from Ireland (Noise–Health) for the Environmental Protection Agency. It is available here.
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In many countries, consultants employed by public hospitals are allowed to provide private, fee-paying consultations as part of their workload, that is, within the public hospital.[i] This specific form of dual practice enables the patients who can afford to pay for private consultations, either themselves or via some private health insurance, to gain faster access to outpatient consultations and elective care. Despite the fact that it is common practice in many countries, the provision of private care within private hospitals has not received as much attention in the literature.
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Policy makers, practitioners and researchers have shown a growing interest in understanding how best to promote adolescent wellbeing. This is in part due to increased concerns around adolescent mental health (i.e., depression rates; Hankin, 2015), paired with growing volumes of empirical evidence suggesting that adolescent wellbeing is positively related to academic achievement, classroom engagement, and life-long success
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Suicide has been designated as a critical public health problem by the World Health Organisation (WHO 2014) as well as by successive Irish governments since the 1990s. According to the WHO (2022), more than 700,000 people die each year by suicide representing one in ten deaths worldwide and the figure is considerably higher for younger age cohorts.
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This is the first in a series of papers that aim to give an overview of some of ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed Ireland. This paper examines some the key statistics that illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on Irish society since Ireland’s first confirmed case on 29th February 2020 and it focuses on healthcare, social care, and the labour market
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The term “unscheduled” healthcare refers to care that is generally provided with less than 24-hour notice, with general practitioners (GPs) the most common first point of contact for this type of unplanned care
