Alcohol and Drugs Conference 2008: The Low-Down on Depression & Suicide

The National Conference on Alcohol and Drugs was held on Saturday, 8 November, 2008 at the Clarion Hotel, Cork. The conference theme was 'The Low-Down on Depression and Suicide'. The conference proved an outstanding success and the line-up of speakers was first class. The main aim of the conference was to highlight the significant links between mental health issues and the use and misuse of both alcohol and drugs. The conference examined aspects of this subject from the 'cradle to the grave'. Speaker after speaker outlined the inextricable links between depression and suicide on the one hand and alcohol and drugs on the other.

Conference Presentations

• Mental Health in Primary Care - Mr Martin Rogan, Assistant National Director, Mental Health, HSE
• Detective Superintendent Barry O'Brien, Garda National Drugs Unit
• Student Health - Dr David McGrath, Trinity College Dublin
• Alcohol, Drugs and Depression: How Low Can We Go? - Dr Declan Bedford
• Alcohol and Drugs: Young People, Specific Focus - Dr Eilish Gilvarry
• Alcohol, Depression and Suicide - Dr Jane Marshall
• Alcohol Body & Soul- Dr John Sheehan, Mater Misericordiae Hospital/UCD
• A Service for the Living - Dr Myra Cullinane, Cork City Coroner
• Flagging the Problem - Dr Harry Barry

PDF copies of these presentations can be downloaded below.