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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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    are failing to address well-established high rates of suicide and mental distress among our young people as a nation. There is overwhelming evidence to show that psychological distress and mental wellbeing for young people is declining over time. New Zealand’s high suicide rates was one of the

  • New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?

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    all parties in Parliament – agreed on recommendations for amendments to the Bill. The Select Committee has recommended some changes that strengthen the proposed legislation. Recommended improvements include that ‘advance directives’ and acknowledgement of the ‘dignity of risk’ are added to the guiding

  • Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health

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    to meet the needs of rangatahi and young people, deliver services that work for Māori, and  ensure anyone experiencing severe mental illness able to access care they need while having their right to choice respected.   It is alarming that rates of psychological distress among our

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    . Change is happening in pockets. Zero seclusion: Safety and Dignity for All is a joint project between the Health Quality & Safety Commission, Te Pou, and DHBs (soon to be Health New Zealand). It aims to reduce solitary confinement (seclusion) rates in all acute mental health units across Aotearoa New

  • Leadership

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    benefits of imaginary companion play among Māori 5-year-olds. Maraea Johns (nee Turuwhenua), Kaitohu Hauora Māori | Director Māori Health Maraea is of Ngai Tūhoe descent and is Te Hiringa Mahara Director Māori. Her role partners with the Chief Executive and Leadership team to provide strategic and

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    addiction services monitoring report. This report specifically focuses on access to services and options available. It monitors publicly funded mental health and addiction services and emergency responses over the five years from July 2018 to June 2023. A wide amount of data and information (qualitative

  • Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    New Zealand cross-sectional surveys. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 57(2) 264–282 3. Stats NZ (2024) Household living-costs price indexes: December 2023 quarter. 4. We defined LGBTQIA+ as survey respondents who identified as having a sexuality that was not heterosexual, a gender