A Westmeath addiction and gambling specialist has welcomed the findings of the first national study to investigate the link between suicide and gambling as an opportunity to discuss this growing national issue, saying it correlates with what he sees in his free-to-access practice.
In the report, published last week by the Institute of Public Health (IPH), HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) and Health Research Board (HRB), gambling was identified in 23 deaths by suicide in coroner files over a six-year period since 2015.
