Increased crisis interventions reported as more people visit homeless service with mental health issues

The homelessness crisis is taking an increasing toll on people's mental health, with one support service carrying out nine crisis interventions every working day since the start of the year.

Increased crisis interventions reported as more people visit homeless service with mental health issues

The homelessness crisis is taking an increasing toll on people's mental health, with one support service carrying out nine crisis interventions every working day since the start of the year.

Merchant's Quay Ireland (MQI) said its mental health team had been involved in 767 such interventions since January, a higher rate than for the same period last year.

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