The justice system will finally re-examine the use of police force in the death of filmmaker Bob Plasto, and reassess the training of NT police officers in dealing with mentally ill people.
Mental illness
The Nelson diagnosis: does Turnbull suffer from narcissistic personality disorder?
Brendan Nelson has diagnosed the leader of his Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull with narcissistic personality disorder. Crikey asked personality disorder expert Professor Henry Jackson if the diagnosis is accurate.
Schizophrenia and creativity: it’s in the genes
A gene mutation that leads to increased risk of schizophrenia is now showing a relationship with increased creativity according to new research. Perhaps that explains the artistic temperament.
Guy Rundle: Lateline and the ‘Latvian hooker’ index
Following Godwin Grech’s hospitalisation, there has been some soul-searching in the media about putting manifestly wrong people in front of the camera. Just ask Tony Jones.
Veterans of secret psychedelic tests want answers
Former American soldiers are filing a suit against the CIA and US Army, claiming they were used as human lab rats to test hundreds of chemical and biological substances in the ’70s.
A win for Victoria’s Human Rights Charter
The tale of Victoria’s first successful human rights claim. What could this mean at a Federal level?
Tasmanian children are second class citizens
Tasmania’s children and young people are second class citizens compared with their peers in Victoria, writes Greg Barns.
Privacy laws keep psych patients’ families out of the loop
Most Australians would not be aware that when someone is admitted to the emergency ward of a hospital after self harming, they will not necessarily see a psychiatrist before they are discharged, their family may not be contacted and they may be discharged alone, reports Eleri Harris.
