National Depression Initiative

Publications

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Background Reports
Several reports were completed to inform and shape the development of the NDI. These are:
2005
International Review of Depression Campaigns (PDF, 518 KB)
Review of six national depression initiatives from Australia, the UK, the US and Germany.

Environmental Scan (PDF, 771 KB)
Report of an investigation of the policy and service context for depression, including consultation with key stakeholders, identification of depression-related services and other public health initiatives, and other contextual issues such as workforce and cultural issues.

Benchmark Survey (PDF, 1 MB)
A benchmark survey of attitudes and knowledge about depression of 1301 persons aged 16 and over, randomly selected from throughout NZ, undertaken between May and July 2005. Maori and Pacific peoples were over-sampled, resulting in 324 of the interviews being with Maori and 300 with Pacific. There was a high (79%) response rate. Respondents were interviewed using the CATI (computer-assisted telephone interviewing) method.

Evaluation and Monitoring

2009
Mar 09: National Depression Initiative Public Health Campaign after 2 years: Evaluation report 2 (PDF, 2 MB)

Mar 09: Communicating effectively with youth about depression: a literature review (PDF, 907 KB)

2008
Jul 08: National Depression Inititiative Tracking Survey 3 (PDF, 3 MB -WARNING large file size)

Feb 08: Evaluation of First Nine Months of the National Depression Initiative Public Health Campaign (PDF, 635 KB)

Guidelines

2008
Jul 08: Identification of Common Mental Disorders and Management of Depression in Primary Care (PDF, 1 MB)
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.

Jul 08: Summary of Identification of Common Mental Disorders and Management of Depression in Primary Care (PDF, 652 KB)

Newsletter

Mar 09: National Depression Initiative Update - 1 (PDF, 684 KB)

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Other

22 Oct: Coping with Financial Stress: Looking after yourself and your family/whānau during tough economic times
This brochure is for people who may be experiencing stress or mental health problems relating to financial hardship.

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Page last updated: 22 October 2009