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Parents plead for son who plotted to have them killed

An Asperger’s sufferer in England who plotted to kill his parents was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order yesterday, despite a letter from his mother and father asking the judge for leniency for their son.

Mental health worker stabbed, beaten by patient

An inquiry has been launched after a mental health worker was stabbed, kicked and had boiling water thrown over her by a patient.

<i>Deborah Coddington:</i> Awareness of mental illness needed

New Zealand's once frighteningly high suicide figures are coming down, but that doesn't mean we should relax, says Deborah Coddington.

Coroner: More suicide help needed

Doctors honour Kirwan's work to combat depression

Assault costs nurse registration

Study looks at link to illness

Suicide followed police safety assurances

Marriage is good but has downsides when it fails - study

Tying the knot is positive for the mental health of both men and women, according to a New Zealand-led international study.

Parents fume over delay in home-care pay decision

Eight families who say they need help to look after their disabled children have been left waiting almost a year for a decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

Calming techniques trialled

<i>Jill Goldson</i>: Child inclusion a vital step in settling family break-ups

Fund us and we'll cut deaths: mediators

Judge links suicides to family break-ups

Family carers get raw deal, report says

ACC to cut number and payouts for scans

A new program to help reduce ACC costs will make it more difficult for some people to get medical scans.

Ex-wife regrets decision to let drunk husband go

The estranged wife of convicted murderer Tony Worrell says she regrets not doing more to make him stay home the night he drove into two cars.

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