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# psychiatric units

All time
One in three kids hospitalised with mental health issues treated in adult wards
Number of admission assistants for mental health patients halved since 2007
The ‘defacto detained’: How voluntary patients can be held without review
Rise in first-time admissions to Irish psychiatric units