Baxter detainee suicidal

No sane person wants to be locked up but this is iffy:

A suicidal Iranian asylum seeker said today he was treated like an animal at the Baxter detention centre and was not seen by a psychiatrist for four years.

Lawyers for the man and another Iranian detainee have taken court action claiming the federal government failed its duty of care towards the men, and requesting they be sent to a psychiatric hospital in Adelaide.

One of the men, identified as S, told the Federal Court in Adelaide today he had been held in Australian detention centres for four-and-a-half years, the past two years at Baxter.

Despite a series of self-harm and protest incidents, S said he was not consulted by a psychiatrist until January this year.

S detailed several incidents of self-harm, in which he used a razor blade to repeatedly slash his arms, legs and chest.

I have no idea how badly S injured himself but he can't be seriously suicidal, after all, he did have a razor blade ...

If S has done his research, he can convincingly claim to suffer PTSD. The lawyers and mental health professionals will make a fortune, as will S, of course.