A  random collection of BBC-Reports about some of the most notorious Mental Health related crimes gives an impression about the struggle of Great Britains underfunded and neglected Psychiatry:

1. Lack of resources, communications between professionals and agencies and management were to blame. The families of two people who were killed by a patient after he was released from hospital by mistake say they are disappointed with the treatment they have received from the health authority. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1678914.stm

2. Disturbed killer 'failed by health services'.  Great Britain inquiry: "Our abiding impression of the mental health services is of low standards, indifferent leadership and minimal expectations for quality"   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/760383.stm

3. England: Mental health services 'flawed'
Mental Health Charity SANE: "SANE believes that many of the 40 homicides a year committed by people in contact with mental health services, if not predictable, could have been prevented had the patients been properly treated and cared for... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4299033.stm

4. Killer may sue psychiatric hospital (His family claim that he had asked the city's hospital for more help)
A patient who stabbed to death a pensioner as he walked his dogs on a beach is considering legal action against the hospital which was providing his care in the community.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/3236616.stm

5. Mental Care of killer condemned: The killing of a man by a violent patient was the result of substandard care and failures in the health service, a report has said: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6153592.stm

6. "It is an insane system, which cannot respond to the warning of families and others before a tragedy happens"
Mother of killer said her son had been failed "by a system that is under funded and seems incapable of providing joined-up care over any period of time".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4813234.stm

7. Mental health system 'struggling'. The "cannibal killer case"
A patient who police found eating one of his victims - shows the mental health system is struggling. "The psychiatric services seem to be working under such pressures that they are being forced to take unacceptable risks"  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4352197.stm