Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Dr. Donal O'Hanlon:

They do not receive the same programming and are not shown the same understanding in the stage of life they are going through. People who are geared more towards dealing with adults are not aware of the transitions made in childhood. I will defer to Dr. Moore who is a child and adolescent psychiatrist on that question.