'Young people have been let down': Former Camhs user echoes report's findings

Commission board member Tammy Donaghy said: 'This report not only has recommendations in it, but it also has in writing that young people have been let down by services. It validates our lived experiences.' Picture: Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland

A report critical of the supports offered to children’s mental health “validates our lived experiences”, a young woman who previously accessed these services said yesterday. 

Tammy Donaghy was speaking during the launch of a report into the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) by the Mental Health Commission.