Organisation: Mental Health Lawyers Association

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

€9.6m to house 60 troubled teenagers last year

ALMOST €10 million was paid to a private company to provide residential, aftercare and respite services for 60 troubled teenagers last year.

Tue, 09 Aug, 2011

System fails John as cry for freedom falls on deaf ears

JOHN Hunt turned 30 on Saturday and spent the day as a free man.

Mon, 19 Jul, 2010

Experts slam use of drugs to ‘contain’ mentally ill

PEOPLE with mental illnesses who are not improving are being “contained” with medication in mental health facilities which do not provide them with any solution for their condition, mental health lawyers have warned.

Mon, 19 Jul, 2010