HSE WEST HAS HIGHEST SUICIDAL CASES AMONG CHILDREN AND TEENS

Date Published: 23-Nov-2010

The HSE West had the highest percentage of children presenting with a history of suicidal inclination or deliberate self-harm at over 30 per cent in the past year.

Nationally, the vast majority of our young boys needing mental health care in the past year had ADHD and other attentional disorders.

The 2009-2010 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Report launched today revealed that 73 per cent of drug or alcohol overdose cases were among teenage girls.