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# psychiatric-care - This year 2022

Copenhagen shooting suspect remanded in custody for 24 days

# Denmark

Copenhagen shooting suspect remanded in custody for 24 days

Jul 4th 2022, 6:16 PM 9,980 Views 1 Comment

The 22-year-old gunman was indicted for murder today.

Opinion: Proposed changes to the Mental Health Act must prioritise human rights

# Psychiatric Care

Opinion: Proposed changes to the Mental Health Act must prioritise human rights

May 31st 2022, 1:48 PM 7,125 Views 6 Comments

A group of academics and people with lived experience of treatment under the legislation advocate for a human rights based approach to treatment under proposed laws.

27 children and adolescents stayed in adult psychiatric units in 2021 despite CAMHS capacity

# Psychiatric Care

27 children and adolescents stayed in adult psychiatric units in 2021 despite CAMHS capacity

May 25th 2022, 9:11 PM 7,217 Views 2 Comments

A HSE spokesperson said that in exceptional circumstances this may be in the best interest of the adolescent at that time.

Psychiatrists: Changing the Mental Health Act will affect our ability to provide safe care

# Autonomy

Psychiatrists: Changing the Mental Health Act will affect our ability to provide safe care

May 8th 2022, 7:30 AM 23,475 Views 11 Comments

Dr Sarah Casey and Dr Aoife O’Callaghan say proposed changes to the MHA will hamper their ability to make quick decisions in cases of serious mental illness.

# psychiatric-care - All time

Psychiatric nurses have commenced industrial action at Waterford University Hospital

# Psychiatric Care

Psychiatric nurses have commenced industrial action at Waterford University Hospital

Feb 20th 2018, 11:58 AM 12,396 Views 14 Comments

Industrial action has also escalated in Kilkenny.

Six Irish children sent to psychiatric units abroad in last two years

# Tusla

Six Irish children sent to psychiatric units abroad in last two years

Apr 3rd 2017, 12:05 AM 27,265 Views 20 Comments

Three children were last year placed at a facility in northern England that was the subject of a recent, highly-critical documentary concerning the standard of care delivered there.

# Munich

Munich killer David Sonboly had "planned his attack for a year"

Jul 24th 2016, 3:30 PM 15,507 Views 169 Comments

The 18-year-old had been the subject of bullying at school in 2012.

One out of every 113 people on the planet is displaced or a refugee

# Record Figures

One out of every 113 people on the planet is displaced or a refugee

Jun 20th 2016, 7:53 AM 5,976 Views 42 Comments

It’s World Refugee Day today. This is the first time the threshold of 60 million has been crossed.

One in three kids hospitalised with mental health issues treated in adult wards

# Psychiatric Care

One in three kids hospitalised with mental health issues treated in adult wards

Aug 10th 2015, 11:10 PM 11,278 Views 25 Comments

The practice can be “very frightening” for young people, according to one expert.

Woman placed in male dormitory at psychiatric hospital

# Mental Health

Woman placed in male dormitory at psychiatric hospital

Oct 10th 2014, 10:15 PM 16,430 Views 38 Comments

The breach in recommended practice took place at a hospital in Laois.

'Traumatised': Seventh nurse attacked by patient in Kerry psychiatric unit

# Staff Shortage

'Traumatised': Seventh nurse attacked by patient in Kerry psychiatric unit

Jun 27th 2014, 6:55 AM 13,601 Views 23 Comments

Six other attacks on nurses took place in a ten-day period earlier this month.

Opinion: We are in the midst of a national crisis. How many more deaths before the government acts?

# Mental Health

Opinion: We are in the midst of a national crisis. How many more deaths before the government acts?

Jun 7th 2014, 12:00 PM 72 Views 38 Comments

The recent story of two patients checking themselves out of psychiatric units days before taking their own lives is not a once-off.

Two patients leave psychiatric unit and take their own lives within days

# Psychiatric Services

Two patients leave psychiatric unit and take their own lives within days

Jun 4th 2014, 6:15 AM 24,124 Views 52 Comments

It is believed that in both cases, the people signed themselves out of hospital.

TD slams 'chaotic' plan to move MORE patients into struggling psychiatric unit

# Psychiatric Care

TD slams 'chaotic' plan to move MORE patients into struggling psychiatric unit

Jun 21st 2013, 7:05 PM 3,638 Views 6 Comments

Denis Naughten has demanded an immediate audit of staffing levels, saying it’s clear the current levels are inadequate.

HSE to meet with interest groups over 'mayhem' at Roscommon Hospital unit

# Psychiatric Care

HSE to meet with interest groups over 'mayhem' at Roscommon Hospital unit

Jun 21st 2013, 8:14 AM 4,398 Views 17 Comments

Concerns have been raised about safety at the psychiatric care unit at the hospital following the recent death of a mother-of-two and a number of assaults on staff and patients.

Aaron McKenna: Waiting 25 hours to be taken to hospital? It’s quite normal

# Opinion

Aaron McKenna: Waiting 25 hours to be taken to hospital? It’s quite normal

Jan 26th 2013, 7:45 AM 39 Views 16 Comments

Those with mental health problems do not deserve the indignities they suffer – but they have always been the poor relation in our system.

# Mental Health

Lack of information on mental health deaths 'extremely worrying'

Nov 7th 2012, 5:38 PM 6,485 Views 64 Comments

The Government has no record of the number of people who have died by suicide having been in psychiatric units or hospitals immediately prior to their death.

Six teens 'injected with malaria' in Austrian psychiatric ward

# Psychiatric Care

Six teens 'injected with malaria' in Austrian psychiatric ward

Feb 9th 2012, 9:21 PM 7,007 Views 8 Comments

The alleged victims claim they were deliberately given malaria while being treated psychiatrically at the ward in the 1960s.

# Sitdown Sunday

From The Daily Edge

# Sitdown Sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

Sep 25th 2011, 11:00 AM 101 Views 0 Comments

The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.

‘We branded people lunatics and locked them away’

# Mental Illness

‘We branded people lunatics and locked them away’

Sep 5th 2011, 6:00 PM 11,804 Views 23 Comments

Patients three to a bed and floors covered in faeces: the full horror of Ireland’s mental institutions is exposed by journalist Mary Raftery.

Children sent to adult psychiatric units - despite new legal ban

# Mental Health

Children sent to adult psychiatric units - despite new legal ban

May 19th 2011, 4:55 PM 389 Views 0 Comments

Documents obtained by the Medical Independent show five under-17s being admitted to wards, despite a legal ban.

100 teens placed in adult psychiatric wards this year

# Health Crisis

100 teens placed in adult psychiatric wards this year

Oct 7th 2010, 10:19 AM 433 Views 0 Comments

A day after it was revealed that a 14-year-old was placed in an adult mental health unit, the HSE confirms that teens have been frequently put in adult facilities this year because of a lack of juvenile places.