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Fri 11 Nov 2009Mental health expert addresses symposium
THE MOST crucial issues facing people suffering from mental illness are their treatment and social functioning, according to an Australian expert. Prof Terry Carney, of the University of Sydney, addressed a symposium organised by the Mental Health Commission on the 2001 Mental Health Act in Dublin yesterday.
He said studies showed people often had problems with their treatment which were not addressed and they felt they were not listened to. This was more important than the issue of their involuntary detention, which in Ireland under the 2001 Act must be reviewed by a mental health tribunal.
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