Just half of mental health funds delivered

ABOUT half of the €50 million promised by the Government for mental health services over the past two years has been delivered to date, according to a leading advocacy group.

Mental Health Ireland (MHI) said yesterday that services such as child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and adult psychiatry are being left behind as a result of the shortage in funding since 2006.

On the eve of its annual conference in Killarney, MHI reiterated a call to make the issue a national priority.