This bulletin is a synopsis of data from the National Psychiatric In-Patient Reporting System (NPIRS) for 2012. The rates reported below were calculated using the Census of Population 2011 (Central Statistics Office 2012) and all rates are per 100,000 total population. It was not possible to calculate rates for socio-economic groups for each of the HSE areas and, thus, proportions are presented for socio-economic group.

Depressive disorders accounted for 30% of all and 32% of first admissions; schizophrenia accounted for 20.5% of all and 13% of first admissions; mania accounted for 11.5% of all and 8% of first admissions; and alcoholic disorders accounted for 7.5% of all and 8.5% of first admissions. Admissions for depressive disorders, schizophrenia, alcoholic disorders and mania accounted for 69% of all admissions.