February 2022
Dr Ian Kelleher, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, speaks with the Irish Times In The News podcast about the South Kerry CAMHS report, how it’s gotten to this crisis stage and what a lack of resourcing for CAMHS services means for patients. Read selected quotes from Dr Kelleher below, or listen to the podcast in […]
Dr Maeve Doyle, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and CPsychI Director of Communication and Public Education writes for the Irish Independent about the systemic failings that have led to the recent CAMHS crisis in South Kerry and the changes that need to take place to bring mental health services around the country to a functioning standard, […]
Members of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland have voted, with overwhelming majority at College EGM, that proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 2001 will be problematic for patients, showing a clear and necessary commitment to robust, continuing engagement on the revisions to the Act. A College EGM on the current draft Heads of […]
College of Psychiatrists of Ireland calls on Government to address ‘multiple systemic failings in mental health services’ Outlines series of recommendations to address crisis College calls for urgent meeting with Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health, and HSE CEO ‘The morale of medical professionals has been significantly impacted by this case, and […]
In the wake of the Maskey Report into HSE South Kerry CAMHS, Dr Ian Kelleher, a Consultant Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and associate professor at UCD’s school of medicine, outlines the historical and ongoing issues in the resourcing of child and adolescent psychiatry services in Ireland. This article was first featured on The […]