Mother 'devastated' after son with paranoid schizophrenia fled psychiatric unit

A Garda missing persons alert was issued for the man after he absconded from the acute psychiatric unit on Christmas Day. Picture Colin Keegan/Collins 

The mother of a 22-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia and autism who absconded from an acute psychiatric unit on Christmas Day says she is “devastated and broken” about his situation.

A Garda missing persons alert was issued for the man after he absconded at about 5.30pm on Christmas Day.