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-----