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Priority on youth mental health strikes a chord
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peoples’ mental health and wellbeing. The four focus areas for success in the report covers cross government action, strengthening the service delivery system, building an evidence base and youth voice. “Calling for the voices of young people to be heard in service policy and delivery echo what we
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Unicef report highlights Aotearoa New Zealand's low ranking for child and youth mental health and wellbeing
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Gains – Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World . Recent findings from the new UNICEF report show worsening youth mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is not new information but seeing how we measure up internationally clearly tells us that we are simply not doing enough. We
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New prevalence study will provide vital data
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New Zealand is a step closer to getting accurate information about the level of mental health need in the community. Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, announced on 26 September that the Government will fund the first Child and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Prevalence survey. This is in
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Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care
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Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report Te Huringa Tuarua 2023: Youth services focus
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Focus on youth wellbeing more urgent than ever
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More evidence of the state of New Zealand youth mental health — Youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services assessment — has been released today and shows that while most youth and rangatahi are doing well, there is a steady decline in youth wellbeing in comparison to older age groups more
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Prioritising youth voices necessary to improve wellbeing
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climate change to an increasingly online world. There is evidence of mounting levels of distress and declining youth mental health and wellbeing,” says Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn. “Young people have solutions and are experts in their own right. What we need is to collectively
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Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark
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to youth mental health and addiction services so no matter where people live or what their ethnicity or gender is, people can get the help they need. “We know that Māori, rainbow young people, and young people in state care have higher rates of distress yet can’t always get access to the care
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He Ara Āwhina development journey
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experience focus groups (from Māori, youth, mental health, addiction, and gambling harm perspectives), targeted discussions, and hui with Māori helped us develop the draft version of He Ara Āwhina. The draft version of He Ara Āwhina went out for public consultation for six weeks from 8 March to 19 April
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Report signals progress of Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction
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. Expanding access and choice to publicly funded mental health and addiction services Programmes for new frontline services have been launched at pace, such as nearly nationwide services via GPs, and pilot programmes with kaupapa Māori, Pacific and youth focus. Money is flowing into mental health to support
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Independent Commission’s report highlights the importance of improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa
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, youth, general practice, and community settings. “Access to mental health, wellbeing, and addiction services when they are needed, and giving people a diverse choice of services to suit their needs, are vitally important for the successful long-term transformation of mental health, addiction, and