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	THE mental health needs of children in state care and in the youth justice system are not being met, a new report warns.</h2>
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	<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The &#39;Someone to Care&#39; report highlights the loneliness and isolation that can be felt by young people who are separated from their families because of domestic problems of abuse and neglect.</span><br />
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			The findings from the Mental Health Coalition highlighted how multiple placements in care &ndash; as many as 23 in some cases &ndash; as well as a lack of coordination between state agencies, means children find it hard to develop trusting relationships.</p>
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			Chairperson Orla Barry said that there also needed to be further training for staff working with children whose mental health problems present in different ways.</p>
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			<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/childrens-mental-health-needs-not-met-29414271.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/childrens-mental-health-needs-not-met-29414271.html</a></p>
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