Hicks' mental health good: psychiatrist

The Australian government has challenged claims David Hicks is showing signs of mental deterioration, saying a psychiatrist who saw the terror suspect on Monday assessed his mental health as "good". Adelaide-born Hicks, who has been held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for five years, has complained that he is unwell and that conditions at the US military prison are "like a Nazi concentration camp". His Australian lawyer David McLeod, who has met Hicks in recent days, says he is showing signs of mental deterioration and feels despair at his predicament. The Muslim convert refused a visit on Monday from Australia's consul-general in Washington, John McAnaulty, sending a letter through his lawyers that he was frightened of being punished by his captors if he saw the official.

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