Australia’s broken mental health system has failed hundreds of thousands ... Patrick Leunig went to a top private school and was set to study law. Then his life spiralled downwards.

The showdown this week between desperate and burnt-out psychiatrists and the NSW Ministry of Health is another symptom of the ...

Logically, this should apply just as much to mental health as to other parts of the health system. But our new research finds Australia’s mental health care system is not equitable in this way.

The AMA says chronic underfunding and increasingly complex patient presentations have pushed the country's mental health system to crisis point. It said those most disadvantaged were people who ...

PETALING JAYA: The Mental Health Act 2001 should be reviewed to protect the public against the misuse of mental illness diagnoses in the legal system and at the same time provide justice to ...

Their killer admitted to the crime but was found not guilty by reason of mental illness and cannot be identified for legal ...

Australia will ban children ... what will become a world-first law. It is a move the Australian government argues is necessary to protect the mental health and wellbeing of children.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA ... government system. The House is scheduled to pass the amendments on Friday. Critics of the ...