A mental health campaigner is questioning why mental health care was not included when DHBs revealed their mistakes and mishaps. Mental health adverse events are included in the Office of the Director of Mental Health Annual Report. ''This was predominantly due to the complex nature of these adverse events and the contextual issues associated with them. The last annual mental health report shows Southern District Health Board had 23 adverse events in mental health in 2014. Nationally, there were 185 reported mental health events, including 139 suspected suicides, in 2014.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 16, 2016 17:05 UTC