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Issue 27, July 2009


Download the October 2009 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 364 KB)

Contents
  1. Associate Minister of Health Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman
  2. Te Rau Puawai Māori Mental Health Scholarships for 2010
  3. Fono for Pacific CAMH and AOD workforce
  4. Te Korowai Hinengaro Oranga ki Waitaha
  5. Canterbury Māori Mental Health Provider Network
  6. Papapounamu Te Moana - Reducing Risk and Enhancing Protection Training
  7. Launch of Te Umanga Whakaora: Accelerated Māori Occupational Therapy Workforce Development Strategy
  8. New NGO Collaborative
  9. Matua Raki
  10. Dedicated Māori and Pasifi ka Helplines bring better understanding
  11. Te Pae Kaiawha – First steps to wellbeing
  12. Let’s get real – making implementation happen
  13. A new consumer resource for electroconvulsive therapy
  14. Upcoming resource: Coping with Financial Stress
  15. Destination: Recovery – Te Unga ki Uta: Te Oranga
  16. Chaplow’s Column
  17. Six Months Sober by Peter Reese Oakes


Issue 26, July 2009


Download the July 2009 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 837 KB)

Contents
  1. A life-changing achievement
  2. Editorial
  3. E-therapy for young people
  4. Te Umanga Whakaora: Accelerating Māori occupational therapy workforce development
  5. Whānau Ora Māori maternal mental health and addiction online learning training programme for midwives
  6. The Self-harm and Suicide Prevention Collaborative – Whakawhanaungatanga
  7. ‘My family has been my rock of recovery’
  8. Real Skills Plus CAMHS
  9. Matariki celebration
  10. RISE – promoting wellbeing and youth mental health awareness
  11. Knowledge exchange – a ‘knowledge to action’ resource for the mental health sector
  12. Stories of change – a place to share best practices and initiatives
  13. Update from the Alcohol Drug Helpline
  14. Using information to improve services
  15. Chaplow’s column
  16. Authoritative New Zealand and Australian health information sites

Issue 25, April 2009


Download the April 2009 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 473 KB)

Contents
  1. Te Rau Matatini Celebrates Whangarei DHB Emergency Department Nurses Achievement
  2. Editorial – Arawhetu Peretini
  3. New youth health and career website
  4. Pacific stories of recovery from mental illness
  5. New-look depression website ‘soft launch’
  6. NSF project update
  7. Supporting change – workforce initiatives from Te Pou
  8. SPINZ Symposium – September 2009
  9. Chaplow’s column – Dr Frances Hughes
  10. Introducing new team member – Sarah Roberts

Issue 24, December 2008


Download the December 2008 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 420 KB)

Contents


  1. Striking a Balance
  2. Te Rau Matatini – New Guidelines and Online Programme
  3. More people seeking help for alcohol addiction
  4. Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand
  5. Introducing new team member
  6. Update from the Mental Health Commission
  7. Mental health campaigns win gold Effie awards
  8. Like Minds, Like Mine – Attitude Survey
  9. A Focus on the Mental Health of Older People and Dementia
  10. Chaplow’s Column
  11. 2008 – Some highlights

Issue 23, October 2008


Download the October 2008 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 764 KB)

Contents


  1. Te Puāwaiwhero – The Second Maori Mental Health National Strategic Framework 2008–2015
  2. Wānanga – Mental Health Commission
  3. Te Rau Matatini offers a new online learning programme
  4. Let’s get real: Real skills for people working in mental health and addiction
  5. Primary mental health care in New Zealand
  6. National co-existing disorders project update
  7. MH-SMART: Train the trainers and beyond
  8. Skills matter
  9. Launch of PRIMHD
  10. Chaplow’s Column
  11. Nationwide Services
  12. Framework – Phase 2

Issue 22, July 2008


Download the July 2008 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 724 KB)

Contents


  1. Te Rau Puāwai Launches Postgraduate Publication
  2. Further 28 Te Rau Puāwai bursars graduated in 2008
  3. Te Puāwaiwhero: The Second Māori Mental Health and Addiction National Strategic Framework 2008–2015
  4. New Zealand contributions to the development of Version 11 of the international classification of diseases (Icd)
  5. The New Zealand Carers’ Strategy – Caring for the carers
  6. Nationwide services framework project – information update
  7. Te Tāhuhu update – National co-existing disorders project.
  8. Mental Health Promotion Team joins the Mental Health Group
  9. Resignation – Robyn Shearer Acting Mental Health Group Manager
  10. Mental health and addictions workforce development
  11. Chaplow’s Column
  12. Transfer of Pacific mental health workforce awards

Issue 21, April 2008


Download the April 2008 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 491 KB)

Contents


  1. Support for family and whānau
  2. Frozen Funds Charitable Trust launched
  3. Te Tāhuhu update – National co-existing disorders project
  4. Know the people - Our Southern Team
  5. Meeting the service improvement challenge with participatory action research
  6. Primary mental health care update
  7. Suicide prevention action plan launched
  8. The future for eating disorders services
  9. The 2008 New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants
  10. Introducing new team members
  11. Chaplow’s Column

Issue 20, December 2007


Download the December 2007 Mental Health Newsletter (PDF, 748 KB)

Contents


  1. Update of Te Puawaitanga Maori Mental Health National Strategic Framework
  2. Like Minds, Like Mine programme enters its second decade
  3. Achievement Awards The MHS Conference 2007
  4. PRIMHED ‘Sharing information for better outcomes’
  5. Indigenous social work conference in Hawaii
  6. Real skills for people working in the mental health and addictions sector
  7. Reviewing the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966
  8. Know the people in Auckland
  9. The Blueprint Executive Leadership and Management Programme
  10. Introducing new team members Inter-agency plan for conduct disorder/severe antisocial behaviour
  11. Chaplow’s Column
  12. Primary Mental health Initatives & Evaluation of Initiatives
  13. Effective Interventions: The Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 and Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services

Issue 19, September 2007


Download the September 2007 Mental Health Directorate Newsletter (PDF, 502 KB)

Contents


  1. Depression ads show strong and positive results
  2. Editorial: Robyn Shearer
  3. Relapse prevention plan health target
  4. Future directions for service users with eating disorders
  5. Introducing new team members
  6. Hard-earned success
  7. Survey shows an increase in providers of forensix services
  8. Let’s get real
  9. Award for Tane Whakapiripiri – Forensic Maori Mental Health Unit
  10. Problem gambling affects us all
  11. Southland Providers: Taking the lead in Mental Health
  12. Mental Health Director’s second annual report due for release
  13. New TV ads for ‘Like Minds, Like Mind' Campaign

Issue 18, November 2006


Download the November 2006 Mental Health Directorate Newsletter (PDF, 434 KB)

Contents


  1. Let’s get real: Workshops to develop core competencies
  2. Disability allowance changes
  3. ‘Renovation’ of adult mental health service specifications
  4. Hawke’s Bay DHB gets results with KPP
  5. Mental health team role in criminal justice work
  6. Happiness: Accept, Belong, Connect
  7. New GM looks forward to making a difference
  8. Huge success for primary mental health sector workshops
  9. Te Rau Hinengaro – New Zealand Mental Health Survey
  10. Te Kōkiri – ‘a quiet revolution’
  11. Work progresses on KPIs
  12. Chaplow’s Column

Issue 17, July 2006


Download the July 2006 Mental Health Directorate Newsletter (PDF, 297 kB)

Contents


  1. Change in focus for Otago
  2. DHB mental health services
  3. Ministry team analyses submissions
  4. Linda Simson
  5. New role focuses on links between health and employment
  6. Pacific Provider Development Fund Purchasing Strategy
  7. Waitemata focuses on mental health services
  8. Chaplow’s Column

Issue 16, January 2006


Download the January 2006 Mental Health Directorate Newsletter (PDF, 419 kB)

Contents


  1. Tauawhitia te Wero launched
  2. Introducing new team members
  3. Primary health network meetings a success
  4. Conference fosters Trans-Tasman links
  5. New service co-ordinators fill the gaps
  6. Draft action plan nears completion
  7. Framework looks at the child and adolescent mental health workforce
  8. First Te Rau Puawai recipient graduates
  9. Next round of Maori mental health scholarships
  10. Like Minds, Like Mine picks up ad award
  11. Feasibility report paves way for national depression initiative
  12. Health assessments help young people who have offended
  13. New reports on suicide trends
  14. The effects of CAOS
  15. Skipworth Says

Issue 15, September 2005


Download the September 2005 Mental Health Directorate Newsletter (PDF, 166 kB)

Contents


  1. Addressing Gambling Harm
  2. Northern Region Two Years On
  3. Introducing New Team Member
  4. National Framework for Eating Disorder Services
  5. Consultation Paper
  6. Workforce Development
  7. News Snippets
  8. Chaplow’s Column

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