Mental health patients left houseless after Athalassa treatment, MPs hear

Patients remain unsupported or even houseless after treatment at Athalassa Hospital, families live with the stigma of mental illness, judges will not issue compulsory treatment orders unless a patient is at a stage where they threaten to kill someone or take their own life, and children who are victims of abuse do not receive the support they need when one parent, in some cases the abuser, withholds consent.

The competent ministries, meanwhile, are still trying to divide responsibilities...