Extremely unwell patients held against their will at a western Sydney hospital are waiting for days to see a psychiatrist.

Psychiatrists Pat McGorry, Ian Hickie, Gordon Parker and Alan Rosen have penned an open letter to NSW Premier Chris Minns warning “the mental health system in NSW is deeply entrenched in a ...

While Rose Jackson has conceded the birthday lunch that helped trigger Jo Haylen's resignation was a mistake, the NSW mental ...

Wards have closed and hospitals are gearing up for the mental health crisis to worsen in NSW, as public psychiatrist resignations begin trickling in. Almost two-thirds of public hospital ...

NSW Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson said the public mental health sector was ‘resilient’ and could manage the mass resignation event from public sector psychiatrists. Picture: NewsWire ...

Joanne Cockle worries constantly about paying for appointments for herself and her two children with autism.Credit: Rhett Wyman More than half of people in NSW said their mental health was worse ...

“We are not psychiatrists and cannot replace their crucial function in delivering emergency mental health care,” said ACEM’s NSW faculty chair Rhys Ross-Browne. “EDs cannot compensate for ...

The following comment was sent by a NSW mental health nurse, who wants to remain anonymous: I recently heard about a situation in an adolescent mental health inpatient unit where two young people ...

NSW Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson said on Tuesday that ... and their number expanded in line with the growing need for mental health care. Similar demands should be made in every ...

Mental Health Minister Rose ... an emergency escalation plan in each local health district to ensure services are not hampered by resignations. NSW Health deputy secretary Matthew Daly said ...