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By RNZ Psychiatrists are disappointed the National-led Government has not honoured its pre-election promise to allocate money in the Budget for training more.
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The He Ara Oranga report of the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry found New Zealand had extremely high rates of compulsion, including community treatment orders and seclusion, compared with other countries.
And Ministry of Health reporting shows Māori are nearly four times as likely to be subject to a community or inpatient treatment order than non-Māori in Aotearoa.
The government will release a public consultation document later this year to help replace the Mental Health Act - the legislation behind forced treatment.
Dr Diana Kopua (Ngāti Porou), a Fellow of the Royal Australia New Zealand College of Psychiatry, thinks compulsory treatment should be stopped altogether.