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Characteristics of hospital-treated intentional drug overdose in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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- Evaluating the effects of physical activity and antidepressive agents on depressive symptoms in older adults: a meta-analysis of existing evidence.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Emergency Department Visits due to Medication Overdose in a Finnish University Hospital.Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology · 2025Article
- Characteristics of drug overdose suicide attempts presenting to the psychiatric emergency department of Beijing Anding Hospital.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Characteristics of Presentations to the Emergency Department Following Attempted Suicide with Drugs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Stocks of paracetamol products stored in urban New Zealand households: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Risk Factors for Overdose in Young People Who Received Substance Use Disorder Treatment.The American journal on addictions · 2019Article
- Intentional Drug Overdose Involving Pregabalin and Gabapentin: Findings from the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland, 2007-2015.Clinical drug investigation · 2018Article
- Epidemiology of overdose episodes from the period prior to hospitalization for drug poisoning until discharge in Japan: An exploratory descriptive study using a nationwide claims database.Journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Exposure to psychotropic medications prior to overdose: a case-control study.Psychopharmacology · 2015Article
- Risk Factors for Overdose in Treatment-Seeking Youth With Substance Use Disorders.The Journal of clinical psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study compared the profile of intentional drug overdoses (IDOs) presenting to emergency departments in Ireland and in the Western Trust Area of Northern Ireland between 2007 and 2012. Specifically the study aimed to compare characteristics of the patients involved, to explore the factors associated with repeated IDO and to report the prescription rates of common drug types in the population.
methodsWe utilised data from two comparable registries which monitor the incidence of hospital-treated self-harm, recording data from deliberate self-harm presentations involving an IDO to all hospital emergency departments for the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2012.
resultsBetween 2007 and 2012 the registries recorded 56 494 self-harm presentations involving an IDO. The study showed that hospital-treated IDO was almost twice as common in Northern Ireland than in Ireland (278 vs 156/100 000, respectively).
conclusionsDespite the overall difference in the rates of IDO, the profile of such presentations was remarkably similar in both countries. Minor tranquillisers were the drugs most commonly involved in IDOs. National campaigns are required to address the availability and misuse of minor tranquillisers, both prescribed and non-prescribed.
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