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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

  • Where to get support

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    Kia ora, tough times affect each of us differently. It’s okay to reach out if you need to or, if you’re worried about someone else, to encourage them to reach out. We all need a bit of support from time to time. If you or someone you know is struggling, we want you to know that however you or they

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services

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    We commend the Government’s Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction, particularly the investment in community-based crisis services, specialist child and adolescent mental health and addiction services, and Kaupapa Māori services.  "We see this latest announcement as a

  • Pathway for peer support to transform the mental health and addiction workforce webinar

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      Watch our second recording in the Te Huringa Tuarua webinar series - 5 October 2023. Find out how we can realise the potential of the peer support workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand.   We released our peer support workforce insights paper in June this year. This paper brings

  • Unicef report highlights Aotearoa New Zealand's low ranking for child and youth mental health and wellbeing

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    Aotearoa New Zealand is included in a new report from Unicef that provides critical insight into child wellbeing in the world’s wealthier countries between 2018-2022. Dr Ella Cullen, Director Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights, reflects on our country’s poor ranking in Report Card 19: Fragile

  • Webinar: achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora

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    addiction services; child, youth, and family custody; and the youth and adult justice systems and corrections processes. Alexander has been working in the mental health and addiction sector since 2009. He graduated with a Master of Health Practice Honours degree in 2021. He is currently working in

  • Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act (1992) webinar

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    questions show there is more work to do to improve practice. This includes taking more time for decision making and involving whānau, family and other supporters in planning with tāngata whaiora. During this webinar, we shared our key findings and discussed the changes we want to see happen to shift

  • Access and Choice programme

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    has substantially increased access to and choice in support services and substantially increased access for people seeking help with mild to moderate mental health, addiction, and wellbeing issues. While the programme represents a good investment in the mental health of New Zealanders and has come a

  • Governance

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    published in the government gazette . Our Board must make sure that it effectively seeks and understands the views of Māori as tangata whenua, of people with lived experience of mental distress or addiction (or both) and the people who support them, as well as Pacific people, and other groups and

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - COVID-19 and safety in the home

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    -19 pandemic and lockdowns led to an increase in reports of violence and harm in the home, with some groups particularly impacted. The report also shows the following: Being cut off from support networks and being trapped in unsafe situations saw violence and controlling behaviour change, increase