Oireachtas committee hears of over-prescription of antipsychotic medication

'There’s a history of over-medication' when it comes to people with learning disabilities, claimed Malcolm McLachlan of Maynooth University. File Picture: Pexels

More than half of people on antipsychotic medication who have learning disabilities have no psychotic symptoms, the Oireachtas health committee has heard.

This is a symptom of the over-prescribing and thrust towards institutionalisation within disability services in Ireland based on a medical model of delivering care, Malcolm McLachlan of Maynooth University said.