Dr. Brendan O'Shea:

In response to the Senator's question about medication, we regard the need for medication as clearly indicative of serious spectrum child and adolescent psychiatric disorder. It should be embarked on with caution. It is not any sort of solution for adequate talk therapies, whether that is family therapy, counsellors or psychologists, who should be located in general practices. If the primary care centres are working, they should be located there. They should not be located 20, 30 or 100 miles away.