Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services

Photo of Duncan SmithDuncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Rogan mentioned that many new referrals to his services from younger people aged between 18 and 20 would be due to lost jobs in the retail and hospitality sector, which is very understandable. Perhaps Mr. Rogan will not be able to answer this. What level of new referrals are for people suffering from anxiety over how the State is responding to the pandemic? I refer to people who have issues with physical social distancing, people wearing masks, hand hygiene etc. Are we seeing a big spike in referrals for people who are directly anxious about these issues that are to the fore in this pandemic?

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