Extended Mental Health Consultations in a Deprived Urban Irish Practice, 2021-2023

195 patient records from a retrospective analysis of 30-minute extended mental health consultations in a deprived urban Irish practice between March 2021 and March 2023. The median patient age was 29.0 years, with 63.1% female and 69.8% living in areas below the national average for social deprivation. Siobhan Hinchy authored this dataset, which includes quantitative data on demographics, presenting complaints, prescriptions, and referrals.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between social deprivation and mental health service use based on patient demographics and area deprivation data.
• Study prescribing patterns for psychotropic medications, such as SSRIs, based on the description of prescriptions initiated or modified for 37.9% of patients.
• Examine referral pathways to psychiatric services and community supports based on the 26.7% referral and 57.4% signposting rates mentioned.
• Profile common presenting complaints like anxiety (47.7%) and low mood (42.1%) across different age cohorts.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific cohort of 195 patients who received extended 30-minute consultations, providing focused clinical context.
• Includes detailed demographic breakdowns: median age 29.0 years, 63.1% female, and 69.8% from areas of high social deprivation.
• Quantifies key clinical outcomes: 37.9% had psychotropic prescriptions initiated/modified, 26.7% referred to psychiatric services.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single practice in a specific geographic and socioeconomic context, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Siobhan Hinchy.

Collection Method

Retrospective descriptive secondary analysis of clinical charts from a general practice.

Time Range

March 2021 to March 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 17:26:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

A deprived urban Irish practice.