There is help for suicidal patients

At the Oireachtas hearings Dr Anthony McCarthy said there is no treatment for suicide.

He says this to refute the research stating that abortion is not a treatment for suicidal women. He is saying that if any person pregnant or otherwise presents to a psychiatrist saying they are suicidal the psychiatrist would say, “Sorry there is no help we can give you, nothing”.

As a psychiatric nurse I find his statement not only wrong and horrifying but insulting to all those who are providing treatment for suicidal people every day. Of course there is treatment for suicidal ideation.