CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS ARE dealing with an “astronomical” number of self-harm presentations, two leading psychiatrists have warned.
Cannon told PA: “The emergency departments are bearing the brunt of this. Hospitals are seeing an increase in 16 to 19-year-olds presenting, but the children’s hospitals, there’s a real crisis going on there. “This is a hidden epidemic. The children’s hospitals are bearing the brunt of this because they’ve so few [inpatient mental health] beds for that age group.”
Cannon said the number of psychiatric beds in Ireland has decreased by about tenfold since the 1960s, adding that the numbers of beds continues to go down down. Cannon said at present there is a huge transition gap whereby only about one in 20 children receiving treatment through the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services subsequently receives treatment as an adult once they turn 18.They are heading up the newly established Faculty of Youth and Student Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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