Belfast Telegraph, August 12, 2010 Police wearing riot gear are being drafted in to deal with an upsurge of violence in psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland. The revelation was made in a disturbing new report which revealed that hundreds of psychiatric nurses have been forced to retire because of growing violence, stress and staff cuts. The situation has become so bad that hospitals are now forced to hire private security firms because of the threat caused by violent male patients. ... Psychiatric