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National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS)

The National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) is an epidemiological database on treated drug and alcohol misuse in Ireland. It was established in 1990 in the Greater Dublin Area and was extended in 1995 to cover all areas of the country. Since 2004, clients reporting alcohol as their main problem drug have been recorded by the system.

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The NDTRS uses the following definition of treatment in its 2022 collection protocol:

  • any activity that aims to improve the psychological, medical and social state of individuals;
  • one or more of the following: medication (detoxification, methadone reduction and substitution programmes), addiction counselling, group therapy, psychotherapy and/or life skills training;
  • treatment in residential and non-residential settings;
  • treatment in prison.

(See also 'Treatment' and related items in this glossary).

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