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Suicide in Cork and Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael J. Kelleher  and
Maura Daly
Michael J. Kelleher*
Affiliation:
St Anne's Hospital & Clinic, Shanakiel, Cork, Ireland
Maura Daly
Affiliation:
St Anne's Hospital & Clinic, Shanakiel, Cork, Ireland
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The official suicide rate in Ireland increased markedly between 1970 and 1985. This is a genuine increase in suicide and not an apparent one due to previous deficiencies in recording practices. Possible reasons for this change include an increase in ‘anomie’ shown by a rise in the rates of crime, illegitimacy and admissions to hospital for alcoholism, a decline in social cohesion revealed by a fall in the marriage rate and a rise in the number of separated couples, and an increase in unemployment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 533 - 538
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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