- 1 - General Practice and Youth Mental Health Title of paper: Can general practice help address youth mental health? A retrospective cross sectional study in Dublin’s South Inner City Authors: D Connolly 1 , D Leahy 6 , G Bury 1 , B Gavin 2, 3 , F McNicholas 1,2 , D Meagher 1, 6 , FD O’Kelly 4 , P Wiehe 1, 5 , W Cullen 1,6 Affiliations: 1 UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science; 2 Lucena Clinic, 3 Dublin East Treatment & Early Care Team, 4 Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College, Dublin, 5 Sundrive Medical Centre, Dublin, 6 Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick. Names, institutional addresses and email addresses of all authors: Denise Connolly, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Coombe Healthcare Centre Dolphins Barn, Dublin 8, Ireland (denise.connolly@ucdconnect.ie). Dorothy Leahy, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Ireland (Dorothy.Leahy@ul.ie); Gerard Bury, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Coombe Healthcare Centre Dolphins Barn, Dublin 8, Ireland (gerard.bury@ucd.ie); Blanaid Gavin, Lucena Clinic, Rathgar, Dublin 6 (blanaid.gavin@sjog.ie); Fiona McNicholas, Lucena Clinic, Rathgar, Dublin 6 (fiona.mcnicholas@sjog.ie); David Meagher, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland (david.meagher@ul.ie); Fergus O’Kelly, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, AMiNCH, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland (feokelly@tcd.ie); Philip Wiehe, Sundrive Medical Centre, Sundrive Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland (pwiehe@eircom.net) Walter Cullen, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland (walter.cullen@ul.ie). Corresponding author: W Cullen, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland (walter.cullen@ul.ie). Tel: +353 61 202812 Fax: +353 61 233778