Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Seanad Public Consultation Committee
Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion
10:00 am
Ms Sinéad McGee:
I still remember the parents who contacted me with a four or five year old with concerns about their children having suicidal thoughts. There is nowhere for them to go. The child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, is directed more at teenage years. We must look at that. There are children aged eight, nine and ten who are affected. We need some support for all them. We should not be saying that people are too young. If they are having suicidal thoughts, they are not too young and they need help.
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