Dr. Shari McDaid:

Mental Health Reform is part of the coalition that supports the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. We certainly see the reduction in substance misuse as positive for people's mental health. We also would like to turn that on its head a bit and make the point that it may be that many people turn to substances and alcohol misuse because of an underlying untreated mental health difficulty and, again, that is where there is potential. If we can get people to easily access a low-level intervention much earlier then they may not end up in that situation.