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Tue 04 Apr 2007Forced detentions highest in WaterfordMentally-ill patients are 11 times more likely to be involuntarily detained in a psychiatric hospital in Waterford than in Limerick, new figures show.A census of psychiatric hospitals by the Mental Health Commission shows significant variations in the rate of patients being detained against their will in different parts of the country.