ARE 20% of a group of more than 1,000 11-13 year olds really at risk of suffering from a psychiatric disorder?

FIFTEEN percent of a sample group of children aged 11-13 in middle-class schools around Dublin fulfilled the criteria for a current mental disorder, a conference will hear today.

THE Government-appointed head of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has not yet formally accepted the €300,000-plus job more than one month after the Tánaiste announced his selection.

TEENAGE cannabis smokers are at greater risk of developing schizophrenia, psychosis and having long-term memory loss, a conference was told yesterday.