October 2019 Issue 10 - Volume 20
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report last week makes for grim reading for that section of the population dealing with the problem of mental illness. People suffering from serious and enduring mental illnesses are suffering long-term neglect and ending up in a "revolving door" of admission and discharge from psychiatric units, the report stated. The findings come as no surprise. We all acknowledge the fine work being done by people at the coalface, and the commitment of workers to make life more tolerable and manageable for people with mental illnesses; yet many service users are making poor progress under the existing system. Without adequate rehabilitation and recovery supports they are "stuck in the system and denied the chance of independent living," said the report by Dr Susan Finnerty, inspector of mental health services at the Mental Health Commission. She warned that the findings showed "longterm neglect of people with severe and enduring mental illness has negative outcomes for the service user and their families". "Many people with enduring mental illness have repeated admissions to inpatient psychiatric units, are then discharged, to be readmitted when things breakdown again - the so-called 'revolving door' of admissions," she added. "This is counterproductive for both the service user and the already severely under-resourced acute services. The short-sightedness of not providing adequate mental health rehabilitation services, from both a human rights and a financial viewpoint, is quite astounding. Continued on Page 2
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