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One In Five Parents 'Problem Drinkers' - Research
Research has suggested that one in five parents in Northern Ireland were classified as "problem drinkers".
The Public Health Agency launched three new research studies which involved 1,000 children, aimed at reducing suicide and parental alcohol misuse.
Their children were found to spend more time outside the home and felt less attachment to school. The report also showed that children developed clear strategies to help them cope with their parents' drinking and highlights that schools and teachers should be more aware of the problems.
Other findings from the suicide prevention research include that almost half of those who died by suicide in Northern Ireland had made a previous suicide attempt or had a history of suicidal thoughts. The research shows rates were higher in Belfast and other larger towns than other areas of Northern Ireland.
Deprivation and relationship problems were identified as key risk factors and there appears to be an association between alcohol use, abuse and effects of intoxication on suicidal behaviour.
Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, commenting at the launch, said: "It is vitally important that policy makers and those commissioning and providing services listen carefully to the messages from these highly relevant research studies. Doing so will ensure that future service delivery improves the care of people impacted by either of these devastating problems. More importantly, we must all ensure we work together towards eliminating these problems from society altogether."
The studies are part of the PHA's Research and Development (R&D) Division's commissioned programmes and were carried out by researchers in the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing at Ulster University and at Queen's University Belfast.
(CD)
The Public Health Agency launched three new research studies which involved 1,000 children, aimed at reducing suicide and parental alcohol misuse.
Their children were found to spend more time outside the home and felt less attachment to school. The report also showed that children developed clear strategies to help them cope with their parents' drinking and highlights that schools and teachers should be more aware of the problems.
Other findings from the suicide prevention research include that almost half of those who died by suicide in Northern Ireland had made a previous suicide attempt or had a history of suicidal thoughts. The research shows rates were higher in Belfast and other larger towns than other areas of Northern Ireland.
Deprivation and relationship problems were identified as key risk factors and there appears to be an association between alcohol use, abuse and effects of intoxication on suicidal behaviour.
Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, commenting at the launch, said: "It is vitally important that policy makers and those commissioning and providing services listen carefully to the messages from these highly relevant research studies. Doing so will ensure that future service delivery improves the care of people impacted by either of these devastating problems. More importantly, we must all ensure we work together towards eliminating these problems from society altogether."
The studies are part of the PHA's Research and Development (R&D) Division's commissioned programmes and were carried out by researchers in the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing at Ulster University and at Queen's University Belfast.
(CD)
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