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Objective: The aim of this article was to examine the concept of mental health and the policies that have been advanced to improve the wellbeing of the population., Conclusions: In the last century there have been many changes in the phenomena of psychiatric disorder, the management of those disorders and the outcomes. All of the changes have largely been due to the efforts of those working pragmatically at the coalface. There is little to suggest that the plans and programs advanced in the last half century have achieved more than enhancing the status of those who advance them., Conclusion: It is difficult to define mental health and equally difficult to develop a comprehensive program that will benefit the whole field.

To consider Dr Joseph Dunn's thoughts about the future of psychiatry. The future has begun; we are standing in it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: An attempt to discover the meaning of “disease” in general medicine and “disorder” in psychiatry. Conclusions: There is no satisfactory definition: the terms are social constructs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comments on the article 'Way Out of Tune: Lessons From Shine and Its Expose,' by G. Rosen and G. Walter which appeared in the January 2000 issue of the periodical 'Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.' Pressures on filmakers in making films; Problems arising in the need for making everything marketable.