Children still put in adult psych units

The controversial placing of children in adult psychiatric units is continuing around the country contrary to recommendations in the government blueprint for mental health, according to the latest reports from the Mental Health Commission.

The inspection reports, published yesterday, show that, in the case of one child admitted to the department of psychiatry at Waterford Regional Hospital, there was no evidence their parent or guardian had consented to the admission or to the child’s treatment.

Another child spent 13 days in the Joyce Rooms adult community unit in Fairview.