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More to do on mental health THREE years ago Australia had reason to be proud as the political landscape rallied behind mental - health reform. While there was debate about the detail, there was finally real recognition of the value of community-based services for people living with ...

Checks urged on mental health patients Wellington regional coroner Ian Smith says while mental health services at Capital and Coast District Health Board had not failed 20-year-old Scott Pollock, district health boards needed to do more when patients fail to keep appointments or turn up late.

To blame a shooting on mental illness is to unfairly stigmatize millions - And once again the mental health of the shooter is at the core of the national debate. What do we do about mental illness and guns? Is there really an answer to this perplexing and confounding question? Perhaps we should look at an even more fundamental question. Exactly what is this thing called ...