Man sectioned several times but each time was released when psychiatrists said they could not help him as he was drinking.
The tragic death of a young Dubliner with mental health and addiction issues has prompted calls for changes in how the health system deals with such dual diagnoses. The family of Caoilte Ó Broin, whose body was found in the river Liffey earlier this month, has criticised the difficulty in getting care for Mr Ó Broin, who experienced psychosis and had alcohol problems .
Mr Ó Broin’s sister Caitríona is due to appear on The Late Late Show this evening to highlight the gap in services. “We have been told, over and over again, that while my brother drinks, there will be no help for him, that legally, nothing can be done,” she wrote in an online article last month when Caoilte was still alive. “The fact that his substance abuse and psychiatric problems are so intimately linked is not addressed. It is denied.”
Mr Ó Broin could be violent and gardaí advised his family to seek a barring order but they did not want him arrested when he was not a criminal but someone with a mental illness
Carol Moore of Dual Diagnosis Ireland said Mr Ó Broin was sectioned several times but each time was released when psychiatrists said they could not help him as he was drinking. Mr Ó Broin (28) went missing just before new year after discharging himself from hospital. His body was recovered some days later.
Source: Paul Cullen, The Irish Times, 15/01/16
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