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Is there a role for suicide research in modern Ireland?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Lorna Sweeney ,
Leah Quinlivan ,
Seamus McGuinness ,
Emer Carey O'Loughlin ,
Liam Delaney  and
Kevin M Malone
Lorna Sweeney*
Affiliation:
UCD School of Public Health& Population Science
Leah Quinlivan
Affiliation:
UCD School of Public Health& Population Science
Seamus McGuinness
Affiliation:
UCD School of Medicine& Medical Science
Emer Carey O'Loughlin
Affiliation:
UCD School of Medicine& Medical Science
Liam Delaney
Affiliation:
UCD School of Public Health & Population Science andUCD School of Economics
Kevin M Malone
Affiliation:
St. Vincent's University Hospital, Ireland
*
*Correspondence E-mail: lorna.sweeney@ucd.ie
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Abstract

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Suicide is a major public health issue of global concern. It is the leading cause of death in young Irish men, marking suicide and suicidal behaviour as important topics for clinical epidemiology and public health research. Ireland has a statutory obligation from the “Reach Out” policy document to “systematically plan research into suicidal behaviour to address deficits in our knowledge” (pp. 50). Suicide is undoubtedly a complex phenomenon and therefore one which requires advanced methods of investigation and innovative approaches to research the factors underpinning suicide in modern Ireland, the development and evaluation of prevention strategies and the informing of evidence-based policy.

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Editorial
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 104 - 106
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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