Mental health in Ireland /
Contributor(s): Keane, Colm
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Publisher: Dublin : Gill and Macmillan : Radio Telefis Éireann, 1991Description: 129 p. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0717118770 :; 9780717118779 :.Subject(s): Mental illness -- Ireland | Social psychiatry -- Ireland | Mental Disorders | Mental Health Services -- Ireland | Mental health | IrelandDDC classification: 616.8909415 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Introduction / Colm Keane -- The mad Irish? / Anthony Clare -- Suicide and the Irish : from sin to serotonin / Tom Fahy -- Schizophrenia : the myth and the reality / Dermot Walsh -- The child and the family / Michael Fitzgerald -- Sexuality and the Irish / Frank O'Donoghue -- Dementia : the hidden disease / Margo Wrigley -- Crime and mental disorder / Art O'Connor -- Depression in Ireland / Patrick McKeon -- Alcohol excess : the curse of the drinking classes / Marcus Webb -- A future for our mentally ill? / Charles Smith.
Provides an overview of the subject of mental illness which examines the different forms of mental or psychological disorder and how they affect Irish people today. Based on an RTE radio series, the book collates the work of leading mental health practitioners.