Reports by the country’s mental health watchdog have raised concerns over the admission of children to unsuitable adult facilities, and the involvement of security staff in the physical restraint of patients.

Reports by the country’s mental health watchdog have raised concerns over the admission of children to unsuitable adult facilities, and the involvement of security staff in the physical restraint of patients.

TEENAGERS suffering from anxiety, eating disorders and psychosis can be admitted to a specialist mental health unit which opened yesterday.

A new 14-bed facility for treating young people with mental health problems opens its doors today in Dublin.