Young New Zealanders with mental health issues will receive better, faster, more youth-friendly care through the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, says Health Minister Tony Ryall.
The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, is designed to provide significantly better, earlier and more modern help for young people suffering from mental illness.
Secondary schools will be better equipped to identify and deal with students who have mental health problems under the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.
The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, will put more nurses and youth workers into schools and make changes so that young people learn in a safe and supportive environment.
Youth workers trained to recognise mental health issues will be put into selected secondary schools and Youth One Stop Shops as part of the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett.
Wellington coroner Ian Smith has raised questions about the quality of Nelson Marlborough District Health Board's mental health services, following the death of a patient suffering psychotic delusions who was released from Nelson's Mental Health Admission Unit.
Multiple agencies will meet in Auckland in early April for the first ever conference aimed specifically at addressing mental health, addiction and disability issues within New Zealand’s Pacific community.
The secret, often shameful history of New Zealand’s psychiatric hospitals is laid bare in Mental Notes, a new feature-length documentary by award-winning filmmaker Jim Marbrook.
Awareness Canterbury’s mental health and addictions service user network, will be holding a forum for consumers to share their views on what helpful CEP services could look like, and for service providers to begin discussing how the NGO community sector can make use of CEP resources.
A method of care that reduces the need for restraint and seclusion for mental health clients is being introduced to Greymouth Hospital’s Manaakitanga Acute Admissions Unit.
A study has revealed that psilocybin, an extract from magic mushrooms, improves people's well-being and may be useful for the treatment of depression.
Gossiping can help you lower your stress levels, says a new study by the University of California at Berkeley. Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology analysed four experimental settings and found that gossip led to positive outcomes.
Christmas, despite being a holiday, can be an exhausting time full of last-minute work deadlines, social gatherings, family events and Christmas shopping. So, what can you do to stay on top of it all?
Things to do, not things to have – that’s the mantra to keep in mind when planning for gifts this Christmas, says the Mental Health Foundation.
According to a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, one in five workers suffers from a mental illness that effects their work productivity.
A review undertaken by the UK National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health has found that women with unwanted pregnancies who had abortions were not at an increased risk of developing mental health problems.
The deadline for the 2011 Mental Health Media Grants has been extended until 31 October 2011 and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, who administer the grants, are encouraging those who missed the original deadline to submit an application.
Has the person sitting at the desk next to you been behaving unusually oddly? Is your elderly parent inexplicably depressed? Do you have a friend being uncharacteristically abusive or manipulative? These may indicate early signs of mental health distress.
People using the Mental Health Line service say it helps them to get better control of the situation they’re in before it gets any worse.
The Mental Health Commission believes peer support needs to become a vital part of the mix of future mental health services in order to keep pace with the growing demand for treatment.
Empowering people and communities with basic and practical ways of keeping their loved ones safe is one of the key aims behind the Mental Health Foundation’s annual suicide prevention forum, “How Do We Talk About Suicide?”
Efforts are being stepped up to support quake-stricken Cantabrians with more resources being channelled into mental health services, says Associate Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman.
