Wellington, May 12 NZPA - Mental Health Commission chairman Peter McGeorge has resigned from the role to take up a posting in Sydney, Associate Health Minister Jonathan Coleman announced today.

Wellington, April 22 NZPA - A parliamentary committee says it was "very concerned" to discover a gap exists in services for people with autistic disorders which might extend to those with other disabilities.

By Kent Atkinson of NZPA Wellington, March 25 NZPA - The downturn hitting the economy will bring a "tsunami" of mental health problems with an increased incidence of depression, anxiety and suicide, Mental Health Commission chairman Peter McGeorge says.

Wellington, March 25 NZPA - Mental Health Commission chairman Peter McGeorge says a mental hospital is not necessarily the right place to keep people such as an 18-year-old autistic woman with the mental age of 11.

Wellington, Feb 10 NZPA - The Government has rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendation that a single agency should be established to oversee the disability sector.