Calls for early mental health intervention in schools

Education Minister Norma Foley recently launched a €5m pilot mental health counselling service in primary schools around the country. Picture: Jim Coughlan

The Government should consider a model of care for young people where there is a “very clear link” between the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) and schools.

That is according to the Oireachtas education committee which has recommended the creation of a high-level steering group involving the departments of Education, Further Education, and Health along with the HSE and other relevant departments to implement such a system.