Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 November 2002
Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.
We also need a mother and baby unit. The last tri-annual report in England of maternal mortality reported 15 suicides and said it thought this was a grave under-estimate. If women who get post-natal psychosis or depression attempt suicide it is usually something grim such as hanging. Two thirds of these women hang themselves. We have a small unit in St. Patrick's but we need more. It is often when the crisis is over that such persons commit suicide. I ask the Minister to look at this area.
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