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Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive
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NewsTurning the system around for our kids and youth so that they are safe, happy, and well is what gets me out of bed in the morning. It’s a huge privilege for me to serve our community through this role.”
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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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NewsExpanding 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.
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Annual Report 2022/23 highlights
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NewsWe published Te Huringa Tuarua, a detailed report on services, along with four insights papers exploring youth services, kaupapa Māori services, compulsory community treatment orders and the peer support workforce.
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Young people are missing out on access to mental health services
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NewsThe Commission has recommended that Health NZ take action to improve access to specialist mental health and addiction services for young people, including youth-specific crisis responses, streamlined pathways into care as well as an increased range of effective acute community options tailored for young
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Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act (1992) webinar
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Alison also draws on her sector work experience, which includes ten years working for South Auckland’s mental health and addiction service. This involved responsibility for the administration of the Mental Health Act 1992.
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Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen
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NewsWe welcome recent funding in Budget 2022 to support people in need, and want to see continuing investment in youth services, as well as in kaupapa Māori services, peer services, and other community-based specialist services.
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Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own
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NewsOnline spaces are now integrated into many young people’s lives, and Aotearoa New Zealand has some of the highest rates of youth engagement in online media spaces in the world. There is no turning back the clock.
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He Ara Āwhina development journey
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ResourceAdvice from the EAG, lived 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.
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Leadership
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She has led a broad range of initiatives including maternal crisis respite, perinatal and infant mental health service development, and youth respite.
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Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices
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NewsAuckland, Waitematā, Whanganui, South Canterbury, and West Coast DHBs have all had a reduction in solitary confinement (seclusion) rates and, at times, have reached and sustained zero seclusion.