Surge in demand for mental health service

There has been a fourfold increase in the number of young adults seeking support for mental health issues over the last three years, it has emerged.

Mental health group Grow found that between 2010 and 2012, the number of 18 to 35-year-olds attending its meetings around the country rose from 4% to 17%.

Chief executive Michelle Kerrigan said young people had the right to recovery and social inclusion, but that this would not happen for many of them because of a lack of commitment and investment from the Government.