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  • Accountability documents

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    , is available to download. We are proud of what we were able to achieve in the first few months. In sharing our early performance story with you, we also acknowledge the challenge ahead. We look forward to a future where people who experience mental distress or addiction, and their whānau, families, and supporters, have the support they need, when they need it. Annual Report 2020/21 [PDF 6.3 MB]

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    ways to address these causes. As a staff member from Tupu Ake put it “Seven days is not long, the biggest goal is preparing people for when they go back home.” Discussion with some of the services highlighted a theme that warrants further unpacking: how power was managed.  As a staff member from

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    is forceful and traumatising. There is no evidence that it is effective, and in fact it can be counter-productive in terms of treatment outcomes. He Ara Oranga, the 2018 Inquiry into mental health and addiction, called for a repeal and replacement of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and

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

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    also showed that New Zealand's persistently high youth suicide rates reflect patterns of inequalities in the broader determinants of mental health. There is no simple panacea to fix this but rather sustained investment over the long term. It will take cross-party support, and cross-agency and cross

  • Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive

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    . “There are some great things happening at a grassroots level out in communities.  Turning 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.”

  • 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

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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    people's lives, have not always been as visible as the immediate health impacts of contracting COVID-19 and getting well again, but they are just as real. Mental health services and addiction services have continued performing at pre-COVID-19 levels, which is a substantial achievement

  • Stronger more inclusive health sector means better health and wellbeing for all

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    advocated strongly for addressing persistent inequities existing within the system and meeting the needs of people who are underserved by the system. “While the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill is a chance to prepare for a system that best serves those whose health outcomes are deteriorating, it is important

  • He Ara Āwhina framework

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    rights - Connected care - Effectiveness These two perspectives work together, for instance, the shared perspective also applies to Māori. They are not direct translations of each other, but weave together reflecting the role that Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti have to play – working together to

  • 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