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2008

Mental health campaigns win awards (10 October)
Two Ministry of Health campaigns to reduce discrimination and increase support for people with experience of mental illness won gold in last night’s advertising EFFIE awards.

New Guidelines on Identifying Mental Health Problems and Managing Depression (17 July)
The Ministry of Health and the New Zealand Guidelines Group have launched a new mental health guideline aimed at improving the assessment of common mental disorders and the management of depression in primary care.

Mental Health Services Target: Six out of 10 mentally ill people have crisis prevention plans (10 April)
Bobby (name changed to protect privacy) has bipolar affective disorder but has developed a plan to cope with alternating periods of mania and depression.

2007

New plan to change behaviour towards mental illness (www.beehive.govt.nz, 15 November)
Associate Health Minister Steve Chadwick has launched a new six-year plan to reduce discrimination against people with mental illness.

The ‘Like Minds, Like Mine National Plan 2007 – 2013: Programme to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness’ outlines a number of ways to improve the way people understand and deal with mental illness.

Increase in services for forensic mental health patients (11 April)
The Ministry of Health notes the increase in forensic mental health services provision across the country, as shown in the Census of Forensic Mental Health Services, carried out in 2005.

2006

Status of Māori Mental Health Launched by Ministry of Health (19 September)
A survey looking at the mental health of New Zealanders provides valuable information for those planning and delivering Māori mental health services

Mental Health of Pacific People Published by the Ministry of Health (19 September)
Results of a national mental health survey commissioned by the Ministry of Health have shown the mental health and wellbeing status of Pacific people for the very first time.

Mental health workforce grows 26% (www.beehive.govt.nz, 3 August)
The number of specialist psychiatrists and mental health nurses working in New Zealand has grown by over 26 per cent since the election of the Labour-led government, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said today.

Ten year action plan for mental health (www.beehive.govt.nz, 1 August)
A ten year action plan for the improved delivery of mental health and addiction services was launched by Health Minister Pete Hodgson today.

Input invited on draft action plan for mental health (www.beehive.govt.nz, 24 March)
A draft action plan to implement Te Tahuhu – Improving Mental Health has begun consultation this week Health Minister Pete Hodgson today.

Discussion of compulsory treatment under the Mental Health Act welcomed (6 March)
The Ministry of Health welcomes the discussion promoted by the Mental Health Commission about the extent of compulsory treatment orders issued under the Mental Health Act.

Māori Mental Health workforce – well prepared and well qualified (www.beehive.govt.nz, 9 February)
Kia Puawai Te Ararau, the Māori Mental Health Workforce Development Strategic Plan 2005-2010 – details the sector's plans to achieve this benchmark.

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