Grandfather forced to undergo ECT before ‘preventable’ death By Aisha Dow, WA Today, 18 April 2018 In a desperate attempt to treat a crippling mental illness, Gerard Helliar submitted to hundreds of bouts of electroconvulsive therapy. Now a Victorian coroner...
Sweeping mental health reforms in NSW announced after Miriam Merten’s death By Nour Haydar, ABC News, 11 May 2018 Mental health units and emergency departments across New South Wales will have 24-hour supervision under a government plan to improve psychiatric care and...
Mentally Ill Wa Kids Still Put in Solitude Cathy O’Leary, The West Australian, 7 Feb 2018 Dozens of mentally unwell children in WA are still being put in seclusion rooms or physically restrained, some for more than 10 hours at a time, figures show. While WA’s...
NSW Dad’s Antidepressant Warning After Eight-year-old Son Tries to Take His Life Emily McPherson, 9 News, 23 Jan 2018 A NSW father says he wants to warn parents about the dangers of antidepressants after his eight-year-old son tried to take his own life twice while on...
Antipsychotic Drugs, Restraints and Seclusion: Mental Health Treatments Raising Concerns by Katherine Gregory, ABC News, 27 Dec 2017 Melbourne woman Jessica* is still struggling to come to terms with the debilitating impact of being on antipsychotic medications for...
