Asylum seekers’ needs ‘not met’
In a special report on the topic, the College of Psychiatry of Ireland recommended that multidisciplinary teams with an interest in the mental health of asylum seekers should be established in urban centres.
The report noted that the mental health care of asylum seekers requires skills “not normally found in a conventional mental health setting” and pointed out the needs of asylum seekers did not feature in A Vision for Change, a reform document for mental health services.
