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A practical guide to suicide prevention
Everyone at some point will be affected by suicide. It might be the suicide of a neighbour, friend, colleague or family member; or the suicide of a well-known or public figure. Some of us might have suicidal thoughts. There are many causes of suicide and this means that one simple solution or single response will not be enough if we are to reduce the numbers of people acting on thoughts of suicide.
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Automated external defibrillators
A defibrillator can play a potentially lifesaving role. Used correctly, it can improve a person’s survival chances following SCA. Therefore, defibrillators need to be accessible and in good working order at all times in the event that they are needed for an emergency situation.
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Bipolar Disorder, a practical guide book
Bipolar disorder or manic-depressive illness is a serious medical illness in which a person experiences depression lasting weeks or months, alternating with bouts of “highs” or mania of variable duration. For months, even years, the person’s mood is otherwise perfectly normal. The term bipolar disorder is replacing the term manic-depressive illness, in that it refers to both phases of mood disturbance. For people with mania, who do not have the accompanying depressive episodes, it is still referred to as bipolar disorder.
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Buying medical devices for personal use
A medical device is a healthcare product or piece of equipment that a person uses for a medical purpose. It is not a medicine or drug. Medical devices can diagnose, monitor or treat disease and help people with physical impairments become more independent. Examples of medical devices include wheelchairs, contact lenses and solutions, blood pressure meters, blood glucose meters and pregnancy test kits and complex equipment like infusion pumps, hip implants, coronary pacemakers and artificial heart valves.
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Buying medical devices online
A medical device is a healthcare product or piece of equipment that a person uses for a medical purpose. It is not a medicine or drug. Medical devices can diagnose, monitor or treat disease and help people with physical impairments become more independent. Examples of medical devices include contact lenses, pregnancy tests, wheelchairs, blood pressure meters, blood glucose meters, test strips and more complex equipment like cardiac defibrillators and HIV testing kits.
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Caring for Your Baby 6mths - 2 yrs - Part 1
PART ONE - This pack contains valuable information to help you care for yourself and your child over the next year and a half. Caring for your young child is an exciting and challenging time for everyone involved. This information pack will help you deal with the everyday concerns of being a parent. It will also point you ot people and services that offer further information and support.
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Caring for Your Baby 6mths - 2 yrs - Part 2
PART TWO - This pack contains valuable information to help you care for yourself and your child over the next year and a half. Caring for your young child is an exciting and challenging time for everyone involved. This information pack will help you deal with the everyday concerns of being a parent. It will also point you ot people and services that offer further information and support.
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Caring for Your Baby Birth to 6 Months Old - Part 1
PART ONE - If you have just had a baby, this is the information pack for you! It contains valuable information to help you care for yourself and your baby over the next six months. The birth of a baby is an exciting and challenging time for all. The booklet will help you deal with the everyday concerns of being a parent. It will also point you to further information and support.
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Caring for Your Baby Birth to 6 Months Old - Part 2
PART TWO - If you have just had a baby, this is the information pack for you! It contains valuable information to help you care for yourself and your baby over the next six months. The birth of a baby is an exciting and challenging time for all. The booklet will help you deal with the everyday concerns of being a parent. It will also point you to further information and support.
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Caring for Your Child 2yrs- 5yrs - Part 1
PART ONE - This information pack contains valuable information to help you care for yourself and your child over the next three years. The information in this pack is about the older toddler (2-3 years) up to the pre-school child (3-5 years). Caring for your child is exciting, challenging, and a big responsibility. Parenting styles may vary but as a parent, your goal is the same as other parents’ goal. You want to do the best you can for your child. Good quality information is one of the key elements that will guide you in doing a good job. This booklet will help you deal with the everyday concerns of being a parent. It will also point you to people and services that offer further information and support. Here are some comments from parents who made good use of the first and second information packs.
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Caring for Your Child 2yrs- 5yrs - Part 2
PART TWO - This information pack contains valuable information to help you care for yourself and your child over the next three years. The information in this pack is about the older toddler (2-3 years) up to the pre-school child (3-5 years). Caring for your child is exciting, challenging, and a big responsibility. Parenting styles may vary but as a parent, your goal is the same as other parents’ goal. You want to do the best you can for your child. Good quality information is one of the key elements that will guide you in doing a good job. This booklet will help you deal with the everyday concerns of being a parent. It will also point you to people and services that offer further information and support. Here are some comments from parents who made good use of the first and second information packs.
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Coping with depression
Depression has a number of possible causes. For some people, it comes about as a result of a traumatic life event such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or financial difficulties. In other situations, the person may have an inherent tendency towards depression. Genetic factors can be key in the case of bipolar disorder, another type of mood disorder which involves periods of depression as well as periods of elation, where the mood is significantly higher than normal and the person may have
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Depression & Young people
Depression has a number of possible causes. For some people, it comes about as a result of a traumatic life event such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or financial difficulties. In other situations, the person may have an inherent tendency towards depression. Genetic factors can be key in the case of bipolar disorder, another type of mood disorder which involves periods of depression as well as periods of elation, where the mood is significantly higher than normal and the person may have
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Depression later in life
Worldwide, life expectancy is increasing. Currently about 10% of the world’s population is made up of older adults (aged 65 and above). This figure is set to rise steadily, to as much as 30% in some societies. To put this in context we need to look at some figures: in 1950 the population of the world’s elderly was 200 million and this is estimated to rise to 1.2 billion by 2025, a six fold increase in only 75 years. The most significant increase in older people living longer is found, not surprisingly, in developed countries like Ireland whose birth rate along with other European countries has been falling. For mental health, these changing shifts in our population structure, will mean an increase in conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but also in depressive disorders. Depression affects about one in ten people aged over 65, making it the most common of the mental health disorders of later life.
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Generic Medicines
This leaflet answers some of the most common questions about generic medicines. In particular, it includes information about how generics compare to original medicines. You can also discuss the use of generic medicines with your doctor or pharmacist.
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Keep Safe this Winter - Preventing Falls and Trips
As you get older, a fall can result in broken bones, but also in loss of confidence, loss of mobility and fear of leaving your home. Many falls can be prevented, and by making small changes you can lower your chances of falling.
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Keep Well and Warm
Cold weather can be a problem for anyone, especially older people, children, people with a disability and those with long-term illness. This booklet brings together all the information and support available to householders who may experience difficulties keeping well and warm during winter.
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Keeping hope alive, guide for family & friends
If somebody close to you has become depressed, you will know by now that this is not a trivial condition. As illnesses go, it is under rated by those who have not experienced it, under reported by those who are in its grip, and because of these factors and others it is significantly under treated. Yet, one in three people have a full-blown depressive episode at some stage in their lives. In reality few, if any, people go through the different stages of life without some experience of depression.
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Managing minor ailments - Feel Better Booklet
These are just a few examples of minor ailments - everyday aches and ills that we get from time to time that aren’t particularly serious and don’t need to have a doctor’s attention. This booklet gives you information on: where to get advice on how to treat a minor ailment, what medicines you may be able to buy without a prescription, and when you should see your doctor.
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Medicines & side effects
Medicines can help people live longer and healthier lives. They can help cure or treat an illness or disease and can also prevent some conditions from developing in the first place. During the course of our lives, it is likely that we will all need to take medicines. These might include vaccines to prevent illness or prescription medicines such as antibiotics to treat serious infections. Over-the-counter medicines are also available and include products to treat minor symptoms like headaches as well as dietary supplements.
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Post Natal Depression
Having a baby is a major event in any woman’s life and this is particularly so in the case of a first baby. Motherhood is an exciting and wonderful experience. Baby books and magazines expound at length about the joys of parenthood. This booklet is designed to explain both the normal and abnormal emotional responses which may follow on the birth of a new baby. Emotional distress following delivery ranges from the very common, mild and short lived “baby blues”, through postnatal depression, to the more serious but rare condition, Puerperal Psychosis. Although there is emphasis on postnatal depression in this booklet, happily the vast majority of women, 85% of them, succeed in getting through pregnancy, childbirth and the year that follows, without any major psychological difficulties. Remember, if you have postnatal depression, do not despair, it is treatable and you will make a full recovery.
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Safety tips for blood glucose meters
Blood glucose meters do not diagnose diabetes. Only blood tests at a hospital laboratory can do this. The meters monitor the glucose levels in your blood and give information to guide your treatment. Your doctor will confirm your blood glucose level with a hospital laboratory test when making important changes to your treatment.
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Safety tips for contact lens wearers
Most people can wear contact lenses safely. But if you don’t follow the instructions for use, you can increase your risk of irritation, discomfort and eye infection.
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Supporting people with depression
Depression has a number of possible causes. For some people, it comes about as a result of a traumatic life event such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or financial difficulties. In other situations, the person may have an inherent tendency towards depression. Genetic factors can be key in the case of bipolar disorder, another type of mood disorder which involves periods of depression as well as periods of elation, where the mood is significantly higher than normal and the person may have
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Taking medication safely
To get the most from your medicine, it is important that you use it safely and follow the instructions provided in this leaflet.
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Your child's immunisation
Before your child is immunised, the doctor or nurse will check with you that your child is well and able to get the vaccines. If you have any worries or questions about your child’s immunisations, ask the doctor or nurse before your child is immunised. You can also ask for further information from your public health nurse at your local HSE clinic. There are very few reasons why your child should not get a vaccine. If you are not sure about something you should talk to the doctor or nurse before your child is immunised.
