The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

On patient rights, self-diagnosis, and the high stakes of rising inflation

The union that represents California state psychiatrists called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to boost their pay Monday, saying a shortage of prison psychiatrists is harming inmates’ mental health care and endangering employees who work in the institutions.

Whenever a mass shooting takes place in schools, public discussion often focuses on laws or policies that might have prevented the tragedy. But averting school violence needs more than gun policy. It requires both prevention and crisis response that take students’ emotional well-being – not just their physical safety –…

A fifth of those questioned in a survey said having other people depending on them financially means their own spending desires come last.

Investigators found that patients were 'contained' and 'restrained' from moving freely by 'untrained staff'

There is no dispute it was Jordan Brodie Miller, now 21, who killed his girlfriend Emerald Wardle at a home in Galway Crescent in the early hours of June 20, 2020.

A Queensland inquiry has called on the state government to boost funding for mental health, alcohol and drug services, as well as social housing.

The new Labor government arrives at a time of mounting mental health strain: Australians have endured COVID, extreme weather events and financial stress from increased living costs.

Harrowing evidence — from health services, advocates and people with lived experience of mental health issues — is heard by a parliamentary committee tasked with scrutinising Queensland's mental health system.