Dr. Susan Finnerty:

Rehabilitation and recovery are not just about medication and therapies. We need to take into account education, jobs, housing and socialisation into the community. The rehabilitation teams now in place are beginning to do that. There are housing placement specialists who have good connections with the rehabilitation team. They have peer support workers who help with the socialisation. It is vital to get those rehabilitation teams up and running and where they should be, because otherwise the people the Deputy is referring to tend to get lost, leading them back into the cycle of being admitted into an acute unit. I cannot overemphasise the importance of proper rehabilitation services.