Seanad debates
Wednesday, 28 May 2003
Adjournment Matters. - Mental Health Services.
On "Five Seven Live" recently I spoke to the mother of a young man currently in the Central Mental Hospital. Every time I speak on the issue I get the most distressing calls from relatives of those incarcerated there. The most recent call described the terrible situation of a man whose sister had become institutionalised after many years in the hospital. She had ended up in the Central Mental Hospital at the age of 23 and after several attempts she succeeded in committing suicide. He wanted to know why this sort of thing happened. Sadly this is not the only case of this kind.
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