‘Total devastation’: Family of woman killed by her partner say she would be alive if he was listened to

by SpottedAlpaca

6 comments

  1. My brother has paranoid-schizophrenia.
    He had a relapse of going into debt to buy cocaine.
    We had to kick him out of the house as my parents can’t go through that again.

    When he has his delusions be thinks that my parents stole trillions of euro off him as a kid.

    I never really had a brother figure in my life as he got into drugs at 15 while I was 10.

    My ma and I are trying to unravel our trauma.

  2. >The family of the deceased also criticised the HSE Mental Health Services **who knew that Austin Mangan (53) had not been taking his psychiatric medicine for three months** before he killed 41-year-old Maud Coffey.

    Whats the expectation here? They force him to take his medication?

    >Counsel said it was beyond doubt that Mangan, **who had a very long psychiatric history and a long standing history of resisting medication**,

    Should he ever be allowed out?

  3. I wouldn’t usually chime in, but this strikes a bit too close to home for me

    I won’t reveal anything personal but here goes

    Before I was born, my mum used to live in london and was married to a man (before she knew my dad) and had my sister, but my mums old husband was stabbed to death by a person with schizophrenia who was on cociane

    She raised my sister for a few years by herself and then met my dad and later had me

    My dad lost both his parents when he was 15 and was raised by my auntie

    I’m autistic, 17 and have psychosis and epilepsy and my mum is dyslexic

    We’re all doing okay nowadays, so please dont worry too much about us.

    I fully know the generational trauma addiction and mental issues left untreated can inflict

    My heart is with their family and friends and I wish them a fast recovery

  4. Emergency mental health services in this country are non-existent. I have been sent by my GP to an emergency service previously, and they were worse than useless.

    I’ve also had a housemate to tried to quit an alcohol addiction cold-turkey and became violently delusional. He slammed doors and punched walls and smashed the plates. It was so scary. He tried to make a doctor’s appointment as an emergency but was told to wait two weeks or go to  the emergency department. He went to the emergency department and waited like 6 hours before leaving without being seen. 

  5. Sad case all round. Maud seemed an innocent soul from reading the article, bless her I hope she’s at peace. Massive respect to her family too for still holding compassion in the face of horrendous grief.

  6. This is the first I’ve personally seen of this case. Heartbreaking. Our mental health services are in a shambles at a time when they are needed more than ever. There are so many great mental health nurses out their but they are overworked and under-resourced and this is the outcome. That poor man knew he needed help and actively sought it out, which in itself is a very difficult thing to do, and he was let down by the system. Sadly, even following such a tragic and preventable event, nothing will change.

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