Prof Matthew Sadlier: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Vice-President of the IMO and Chair of its consultants' committee, consultant psychiatrist
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention, Mental health
- Press citations held
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“We are living in an age of almost non-existent social media regulation, which has created a truly toxic online landscape. Not only can children and adults alike access at will the most malevolent and dangerous content, but certain social media apps by their design reward that behaviour by directing users towards ever more extreme content.”
What Prof Matthew Sadlier has said
“The findings of this CAMHS report are devastating for the many children and adolescents who accessed services in north Kerry and their families. At the heart of this issue are poor governance and under-resourcing of mental health services – none of the teams in north Kerry was staffed at appropriate levels, denying patients the high-quality standard of care they needed. The system is set up to fail as geographically isolated community-based services have always had difficulties with staff recruitment and retention which leads to poor outcomes for patients.”
consultant psychiatrist, vice-president of the IMO and chair of its Consultants' Committee · Mental health · 30 Sept 2026 · CAMHS system ‘set up to fail’ as report finds potential harm in over half of reviewed cases ↗
“mere apologies to the victims and their families were not sufficient, and that root and branch reform of the services were needed as an urgent priority. At the heart of this issue are poor governance and under-resourcing of mental health services – none of the teams in north Kerry was staffed at appropriate levels, denying patients the high-quality standard of care they needed.”
Vice-President of the IMO and Chair of its consultants' committee, consultant psychiatrist · Mental health · 30 Sept 2026 · Serious ‘issues of concern’ raised in North Kerry CAMHS review ↗
Where Prof Matthew Sadlier has been quoted
- Can Ireland set the European health agenda?medicalindependent.ie · 30 Sept 2026
- CAMHS system ‘set up to fail’ as report finds potential harm in over half of reviewed casesimt.ie · 30 Sept 2026
- Serious ‘issues of concern’ raised in North Kerry CAMHS reviewmedicalindependent.ie · 30 Sept 2026
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