A chara, – Breda O’Brien’s article “Scandal of children in an adult institution”, Opinion, November 19th), omits to mention another sobering fact: the practice of children and adolescents being admitted to adult mental health wards. It would be a triumph of humanity over pragmatism, even in these austere times, if we could ensure vulnerable children and adolescents are cared for in more appropriate and specialist therapeutic settings. – Is mise,