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Taxpayers hand over $1b a year for a mental health levy. No one knows exactly how it’s spent
A former mental health royal commissioner has called for a breakdown of how the money is being spent, with a lack of transparency fuelling concerns it’s not being used as promised.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
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Men need to be better at helping men. Their lives depend on it
As a society, we have made progress in talking about men’s mental health. But not nearly enough.
- by Sarah Berry
Every night, Jeremy Buckingham went to bed hoping his son was OK
The upper house member is hesitant to say he returned to politics in his son’s memory, but says the state’s inadequate mental health system was behind the decision.
- by Mary Ward
How a simple T-shirt message widened Maureen’s world
Living with dementia, Maureen went largely unnoticed in her wheelchair on Manly seafront until her husband created a touching message T-shirt that changed everything.
- by Tim Barlass
At 17, I started pulling out my hair. I thought I was the only one who did it
My secret habit gave me a sense of comfort.
- by Adele Dumont
Celebrities open up about ADHD
Comedian Trevor Noah, reality show stars Abbie Chatfield and Paris Hilton, singer Robbie Williams, media personality Mia Freedman, actor Chloe Hayden and US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles have shared their experiences with ADHD.
Banned ‘psychologist’ still involved in counselling services in NSW
The Health Care Complaints Commission has warned the public to avoid a Sydney-based therapy clinic, saying it was “not safe to receive any counselling or health services from Mr David Kaye”.
- by Angus Thomson
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‘Bullet to the heart’: Grieving parents call for mental health role in police response
Leesa and Ron Topic’s lives were forever broken when their daughter was shot by police in 2015. They’ve joined dozens of respected legal experts and advocates to plead for reform.
- by Laura Banks and Perry Duffin
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‘People in crisis need help not a bullet’: Mental health experts banned from helping police
Mental health clinicians are tethered to desks while police respond to mental health crises as the state government admits the system is broken.
- by Laura Banks
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Eight hours a day: Crisis program unavailable for woman’s ‘beanbag round death’
A program to de-escalate people in crisis is underfunded and not available in Newcastle, where Krista Kach was shot dead during a standoff with police.
- by Perry Duffin and Laura Banks
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‘Forgotten’ hallucinating patient left in small hospital room for hours
Joel MacKay presented to hospital emergency needing treatment for his psychosis. Hours later he was back on the streets.
- by Anna Patty and Kate Aubusson
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