Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Risks to Mental Health: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street

1:30 pm

Dr. Anthony McCarthy:

Some 20% of women will have a mental health problem at some stage in their lives. The figure is lower in men, and there is a very interesting discussion as to why that is. Some feminists would say that women's mental health problems have been caused by men. Women come to psychiatrists-----