Father ’anxious’ as young woman detained in ’acute’ psychiatric ward

A vulnerable intellectually disabled young woman must remain inappropriately detained in an acute psychiatric unit because a suitable alternative has yet to be found for her, the High Court has heard, reports Ann O’Loughlin.

The woman, who was severely traumatised as a result of a serious incident which occurred after she left a private care facility to go and live with a young man in a traveller camp, has been detained for several weeks on a ward with a considerable number of adult patients, some of whom are psychotic.