330 disabled in mental care - but they should not be there

MORE THAN 300 people with intellectual disabilities are still in psychiatric institutions even though the Department of Health admits they should not be there.

330 disabled in mental care - but they should not be there

Some are in the same ward as patients with psychotic illnesses.

Figures from the National Intellectual Disability Database show there are 330 people inappropriately placed in psychiatric institutions around the country.

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