Letters to the Editor: My mental illness wasn't chronic enough for rehabilitation

A psychiatric unit. Better outcomes for rehabilitation is badly needed.  Picture: Gerard McCarthy/Newspics 

I am 19 years old and have spent 15 months in a psychiatric unit in Dublin. I was admitted as an involuntary patient.

There, I received a diagnosis of schizophrenia. I was on my own when I received this news as I was unable to see family due to Covid. To this day, I find it hard to believe. I was told I was extremely unwell.