Real problem may be psychiatry itself

I WAS interested to read your editorial (Irish Examiner, July 8) in which the quality of mental health care was severely criticised.

Among the issues highlighted were outdated services, an over-reliance on medication and independent reviews of people admitted involuntarily to psychiatric services.

I fear that while changes in these areas may deliver some benefits for patients, it will not alter the reality that the problem may be psychiatry itself.