Colman Noctor: Primary mental health care system could be a game changer for Irish children

Camhs is attempting to serve a function it is not equipped to or able to fulfil

The degree to which these services are under-resourced and understaffed in Ireland is jaw-dropping.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) is in the headlines again for all the wrong reasons.

Further to the 2022 Maskey Report, detailing the scandals in the South Kerry Camhs, another report was published by the Mental Health Commission (MHC) last week, revealing what many people already knew — that the service is ‘not fit for purpose’.