Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Joint Committee On Health
Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
That is very welcome. My final question is on overprescribing, which is part of the report. It points out that some children are on antipsychotic medicine for years, without clinical oversight. The report states that there was a failure to provide alternative therapies with regard to overprescribing. It is deeply troubling that some children could be on medications such as antipsychotic medicine. I am not saying there is no place for antipsychotic medicine in psychology, but the overprescribing is deeply troubling, to say the least.
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