Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 November 2002
Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.
We should recognise the variety of treatments available today. The Minister of State will recognise this because he was a pharmacist in his former life. He must have seen a change from what was recognised and criticised as a drug-based treatment to a more therapeutic base. There is family therapy, addiction therapy and behavioural therapy. Drugs are a necessary component of any illness and our lives would be terrible without them. However, there are alternatives which are used very effectively. I congratulate the Minister and the Department on the work which has gone into the psychiatric area.
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