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The “bible” for mental health disorders is getting a much-needed update. It could reshape diagnosis and treatment for many sufferers, and not everyone is happy, writes Wes Mountain at The Citizen.

To end the Battle Scars series on Crikey — examining the prevalence of PTSD in younger veterans — ex-military personnel and family of veterans weigh in.

A new Defence Force report outlines how the military plans to deal with mental health issues like alcoholism and post traumatic stress disorder among troops. The problem is being underestimated.

The National Mental Health Commission’s first report card suggests a new beginning, but the next should focus less about the past twenty years and more about the next twenty, writes Sebastian Rosenberg.

The company that will manage health services, including mental health services, for detainees on Nauru is at the centre of criticisms that detainee mental health problems have been poorly handled.

The people of Fukushima face sadness and tough decisions — but some have found hope, writes Australian nuclear radiologist Dr Peter Karamoskos, who visited the region last month.

Criticism of the ABS’s suicide statistics is unwarranted, but the picture it paints is not all positive.

SANE Australia’s Executive Director Barbara Hocking reflects on the success and failures of mental health treatment over the last two decades.

In the health arena in 2007 there were great expectations for root and branch reform of the Australian health care system. Kevin Rudd simply wasn’t able to deliver, writes one of his mental health advisers John Mendoza.

It’s not uncommon in my world to be engaged in very lively academic debates, like the risk versus benefits associated with new antidepressant drugs, writes Professor Ian Hickie.

Since 2006, Australian governments have committed to spending about $8 billion of new money on mental health, writes Dr Lesley Russell, a research associate at Menzies Centre for Health Policy.

What are the lessons learned on the hard road towards mental health reform? And amid all the debate, what does the future hold? The final chapter of Crikey’s four-part investigation into the vexed social and political issue.

Patrick McGorry and Ian Hickie may be considered revolutionaries by some, their headspace initiative and radical system reforms will come at a cost to some patients.