Office of the Director of Mental Health Annual Report 2006

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Office of the Director of Mental Health Annual Report 2006

Date of publication: October 2007

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This is the second Annual Report of the Office of the Director of Mental Health and reflects the ongoing emphasis on transparency, accountability and trust in government and its agencies. Mental health care, in particular compulsory care, is often the subject of public concern and this annual report will help explain such issues.

The report comprises three sections. Section 1 provides an overview of the legislative and service delivery contexts in which the Office operates. Section 2 describes the work carried out by the Office in 2006 and Section 3 provides statistical information.

The Annual Report is a work in progress. Key additions to the 2006 report are:

the inclusion of seclusion statistics
the reporting of alcohol and other drug services subset of opioid treatment services
the collection and publication of annual data on the use of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
the inclusion of flowcharts to clarify the legislative and clinical steps involved in reviewing patients, special patients and restricted patients

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This publication is available in PDF format below:

Office of the Director of Mental Health Annual Report 2006 (PDF, 656 KB)

This publication is also available in hard copy. You can order a copy by emailing moh@wickliffe.co.nz or calling 04 496 2277 quoting HP number 4454. Please let us know your name, your physical address and how many copies you would like.

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Date of publication: October 2007

ISBN 978-0-478-19183-7 (Print)
ISBN 978-0-478-19186-8 (Online)

HP 4454

Citation: Ministry of Health. 2007. Office of the Director of Mental Health: Annual Report 2006. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

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