Child and adolescent psychiatric unit opens

A CHILD and adolescent psychiatric unit closed during the health cuts of the 1980s has been re-opened by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

The eight-bed inpatient facility, in the grounds of St Stephen’s Psychiatric Hospital in Glanmire, Cork, is an interim measure until a planned 20-bed unit, under construction in Blackrock, Cork, is ready for use.

The new facility will cater for an age group for whom inpatient psychiatric services are seriously deficient nationwide.