Shortage of beds means people with mental illness who seek healthcare are often released without treatment
, says consultant psychiatrist
Prof Conor O’Neill, a consultant psychiatrist who leads a diversion programme at Cloverhill Prison, said tragic incidents usually occur in the case of someone with an “established illness for a number of years”. Florida politician lashes Ireland as ‘anti-Semitic country’ in row with governor over football game visitProf O’Neill said: “So a significant proportion of these people will be brought in . Often this is by the police. But there are hardly any beds if you need to be admitted. The sicker you are, the harder it is to get help.”
In 2017 Gerard Dowling, of The Sycamores, Freshford Road, Kilkenny, had paranoid schizophrenia and went to a psychiatric unit in St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny because he was feeling paranoid and hearing voices. He didn’t get to see anyone and left; just hours later he stabbed a stranger in the head with a knife.was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of her mother. She had a diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder with symptoms of mania, depression and psychosis.
“Sharing the Vision, Ireland’s national mental health policy, aims to create a mental health system that addresses the needs of the population through a focus on the requirements of the individual,” the spokeswoman said. “This mental health system should deliver a range of integrated activities to promote positive mental health in the community; it should intervene early when problems develop; and it should enhance the inclusion and recovery of people who have complex mental health difficulties.
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