Mental health care ‘must be improved’

PATIENTS and their carers are crying out for a better mental health service in a damning new report published today by the Mental Health Commission.

Report author Dr Elizabeth Dunne said the research showed there was a need for fast-responding and accessible services for people in personal crisis.

She said it also underlined the need for the availability and access to non-pharmaceutical interventions and ensuring that the views of carers were taken on board.