Taxpayers hand over $1b a year for a mental health levy. No one knows exactly how it’s spent
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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.

  • byBroede Carmody andRachel Eddie

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Men need to be better at helping men. Their lives depend on it

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.

  • bySarah Berry
Every night,Jeremy Buckingham went to bed hoping his son was OK

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.

  • byMary Ward
How a simple T-shirt message widened Maureen’s world

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.

  • byTim Barlass
At 17,I started pulling out my hair. I thought I was the only one who did it

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.

  • byAdele Dumont
Celebrities open up about ADHD
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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.

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Banned ‘psychologist’ still involved in counselling services in NSW

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”.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Bullet to the heart’:Grieving parents call for mental health role in police response
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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.

  • byLaura Banks andPerry Duffin
‘People in crisis need help not a bullet’:Mental health experts banned from helping police
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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.

  • byLaura Banks
Eight hours a day:Crisis program unavailable for woman’s ‘beanbag round death’
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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.

  • byPerry Duffin andLaura Banks
‘Forgotten’ hallucinating patient left in small hospital room for hours
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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.

  • byAnna Patty andKate Aubusson