Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Medication and Talk Therapy: Discussion

1:30 pm

Dr. Brendan O'Shea:

There are figures. We are spending north of €400 million per year on psychotropic medication. Balance that against €9 million or thereabouts on counselling in primary care. Sometimes we must make things very complicated and sometimes we must make things very simple.