Psychiatrists reject plan for mental health curbs on disability support pension

By Judith Ireland
Updated August 21 2014 - 4:08pm, first published 3:00am
'Episodic in nature': Kevin Andrews has embraced a concept around mental health that has been rejected by psychiatrists. Photo: Andrew Meares
'Episodic in nature': Kevin Andrews has embraced a concept around mental health that has been rejected by psychiatrists. Photo: Andrew Meares

The peak body representing Australian psychiatrists has rejected the proposal that only people with a ''permanent impairment'' should get the disability support pension, saying the plan fails to understand the nature of mental illness.

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