What is the Registry?
The National Self-Harm Registry Ireland (NSHRI) is a national system of population monitoring for the occurrence of hospital-treated self-harm. It was established, at the request of the Department of Health and Children, by the National Suicide Research Foundation.
It is funded by the Health Service Executive’s National Office for Suicide Prevention.
The registry collects data on persons presenting to hospital emergency departments as a result of self-harm in the Republic of Ireland. The Registry had near complete coverage of the country’s hospitals for the period 2002-2005 and, since 2006, all general hospital and paediatric hospital emergency departments in the Republic of Ireland have contributed data to the Registry.
What are the aims of the NSHRI?
- To establish the extent and nature of hospital-treated deliberate self harm in Ireland.
- To monitor trends over time and also by area.
- To contribute to policy and development in the area of suicidal behaviour.
- To help the progress of research and prevention.
What does the NSHRI do?
The Registry collects data based on persons presenting to hospital emergency departments as a result of an episode of self-harm, as defined by the Registry.
How many emergency departments are included?
As of 2006, the Registry has obtained full coverage of all general and paediatric hospital emergency departments in the Republic of Ireland.
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Registry Team
Data Registration Officers
Data Registration officers (DRO’s) are responsible for collecting the data that forms the basis of the Registry reports. Please click here to see a list of all the Registry DRO’s.
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Annual Reports
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Interim Report Jan-Jun 2019
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Annual Report 2018
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Interim Report Jan-Jun 2018
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Report 2017
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Report 2016
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Report 2015
National Self-Harm Registry Ireland Report 2014
National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm Report 2013
National Registry of Deliberate Self-Harm Report 2012
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Infographics
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Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) Self-Harm Data Reports 2018
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Registry Leaflet
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Evidence Briefs
The association between self-harm and area-level factors
Self-harm among the Homeless Population in Ireland
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Publications
2020
A national case fatality study of drugs taken in intentional overdose.
2019
Hospital-presenting self-harm and ideation: Comparison of incidence, profile and risk of repetition.
Method of self-harm and risk of self-harm repetition: findings from a national self-harm registry
2018
Acute hospital reconfiguration and self-harm presentations: a before-and-after study
Recommended next care following hospital treated self-harm: Patterns and trends overtime
2017
Alchol Involement in Suicide and Self-Harm: Findings From Two Innovative Surveillance Systems
2016
Risk of repeated self-harm and associated factors in children, adolescents and young adults
2015
Hospital-Treated Deliberate Self-Harm in the Western Area of Northern Ireland
2014
Characteristics of hospital-treated intentional drug overdose in Ireland and Northern Ireland
The iceberg of suicide and self-harm in Irish adolescents: a population-based study
2013
Severity of hospital-treated self-cutting and risk of future self-harm: a national registry study
Psychotropic medication involved in intentional drug overdose: implications for treatment
2012
2010
Suicide and deliberate self harm in older Irish adults
2007