So glad to see people in Ireland speaking up against CAMHS. At 15 I had anxiety so bad I went to hospital before seeing them. At the appointments I told them I feel out of step in the world and like I didn’t fit into my all girls school. They just talked to me about hobbies and—
— Jamie (they/he) 👨🦯🏳️⚧️ (@A_Kae_A) January 11, 2022
TW // CAMHS , ED , eating disorder
Less than a week after having to admit I had an eating disorder as a kid, CAMHS insisted on weighing me. I wasn’t ready for that, so they decided they should just come to my house instead and traumatise me in my own living room. https://t.co/LJyH7UPKR2
— 💀 Mimo the Bard 💀 They/Them 💀 (@AmimiOfficial) January 11, 2022
CAMHS told me i couldn’t have depression because i wore eyeliner
like HOW do they come to these conclusions https://t.co/1QxTsjhMXx
— megan (@lambofgofff) January 11, 2022
This afternoon.
A small sample of the enormous online response prompted by Sinéad O’Connor’s condemnation of Tusla and the HSE’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Ms O’Connor’s 17-year-old son Shane, who was on suicide watch, was found dead last weekend after he went missing from hospital.
Ms O’Connor said on Twitter:
“A month ago Shane was brought to CAMHS after vanishing leaving suicide notes including detailed funeral plans. They discharged him. Said he had no plans. When objections were raised by the adult with him she was told “planning a funeral is no different to planning a wedding”.
“If I may venture … I’ve been married more times than Zsa Zsa Ga-fucking-bor and I’m here to tell CAMHS that planning my child’s funeral is nothing remotely similar to planning his wedding. Which will now never happen. Because you’re unfit for purpose.”
Previously: Tusla And The Silencing
Jesus. Some of those sound like outright malpractice.
…..Mr. Rabbitte was appointed Chairperson of Tusla by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone. He tenure commenced on the 1st January 2019….
https://www.tusla.ie/about/our-board/
And him only 73
At least those people were seen. Wexford camhs is treated like a hobby.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/camhs-in-south-wexford-is-a-disservice-not-a-service-40712835.html
Is there even a service in Wexford? It’s long been brought to the attention of the health service that Wexford suffers from a lack of such services (after hours in particular). It’s up to the likes of George Lawlor and his colleagues in wexfordmarinewatch.com to patrol the quays and bridge at night for instance. What happened that woman and kids at Kaats Strand many years ago didn’t wake up the ‘services’. If that didn’t do it, nothing will.
Judging by the tweets above, the level of service elsewhere is just as bad.
Here we have the latest statement from the HSE
We have discovered a few shortcomings a review has been undertaken and mew measures have been implemented
Those responsible have been promoted