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Psychiatry in Ireland

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Zahid Latif
Zahid Latif*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Rehabilitation Psychiatry Services, Cavan/Monaghan Mental Health Services, St Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland
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Ireland is the third largest island in Europe and the twentieth largest island in the world, with an area of 86 576 km2; it has a total population of slightly under 6 million. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and to the west of Great Britain. The Republic of Ireland covers five-sixths of the island; Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, is in the north-east. Twenty-six of the 32 counties are in the Republic of Ireland, which has a population of 4.2 million, and its capital is Dublin. The other six counties are in Northern Ireland, which has a population of 1.75 million, and its capital is Belfast. In 1973 both parts of Ireland joined the European Economic Community. This article looks at psychiatry in the Republic of Ireland.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 36 - 38
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