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WA’s Chief Psychiatrist sounds alarm over impact of sub-standard mental health care after homicide spike – WAtoday
An investigation into the impact of mental illnesses on a 2018 spike in killings committed by people with mental health issues has found had their medical situations been adequately appreciated, a more rigorous treatment approach could have been implemented t…
In October 2018, Shannon Smith stabbed his social worker, Jacqueline Francis, to death following a long history of psychiatric illness. Mr Smith was found not guilty based on unsoundness of mind.
Months earlier, a Perth teenager, Teancum Vernon Petersen-Crofts, was accused of murdering his mother and two siblings after being in a public hospital in a ‘psychotic state’ hours before their deaths.
Dr Gibson’s review found no evidence of a comprehensive assessment of the patients’ mental state, ap…
