Mental health legislation is moving on from paternalism

A modern legislative framework can lead to improved mental health services and hopefully, a significant cultural shift, Mental Health Minister Kathleen Lynch writes

I have always liked the Ralph Waldo Emerson quotation “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better”.

Each of us live this truism out on a daily basis. Sometimes we arrive at the answer we are looking for quite quickly; other days it’s not so easy. We learn and adapt as necessary.