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Perspective / BY Dr Barbara Disley

More, more , more

4 min read

Eight years after a suite of recommendations in He Ara Oranga were made to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand, Dr Barbara Disley assesses where things have progressed, and where there is more work to do.

More, more , more

Fire in my belly

Perspective / BY Kerri Butler

Fire in my belly

4 min read

When our processes are grounded in te ao Māori, system change isn’t just possible, it is inevitable.

Relational by design

Opinion / BY De Backman Hoyle

Relational by design

4 min read

Our mental health system is largely designed around an individual, while many people live their lives in relationships

INNOVATION

TheMHS NZ. Be there.

Innovation / BY Stephen Blythe

TheMHS NZ. Be there.

1 min read

We are excited to bring you the second Hauora Hinengaro Hui Taumata Mental Health Conference in partnership with TheMHS Learning Network fro

Open for crisis

Innovation / BY Sonder News Hub

Open for crisis

3 min read

Sonder’s new Crisis Stabilisation Centre (Nakurrinthi) has opened in Elizabeth South, providing a new brief-stay alternative to hospital emergency departments for eligible people experiencing mental health distress or crisis.

Ai escalation trace needed

Innovation / BY Dr Gleb Tsipursky

Ai escalation trace needed

2 min read

As health organizations explore artificial intelligence for administrative work, information handling, decision support, and other workflows, they should build continuity into the system from the start.

Peculiar cruelty

Innovation / BY Steve Rothwell

Peculiar cruelty

4 min read

There can be a peculiar cruelty in the idea of “getting back to yourself” after trauma. It sounds hopeful. Somewhere beneath the hurt, we imagine, there is an earlier self waiting to be recovered

SYSTEMS CHANGE

Staying in relationship with the difficult

Systems Change / BY Mathew Farry

Staying in relationship with the difficult

5 min read

Silence is one of the greatest barriers to a courageous conversation. At the other end of the continuum is what we describe as violence. I am not referring here to physical violence, but to anger, hostility or aggression when these shut down the conversation.

Pyjamas and ice cream

Systems Change / BY Asha Jean Vassiliadis

Pyjamas and ice cream

3 min read

We need a significant shift towards believing lived experience and valuing what we say at face value. We cannot keep waiting and hoping for further research before accepting that our experiences are real. People are dying in the meantime, and we cannot wait.

Failing our mothers

Systems Change / BY Rebecca Jayde

Failing our mothers

2 min read

There are considerable social and economic consequences of failing to support mothers when they need it. These consequences are felt not only by women themselves, but also by their babies, whānau and wider communities.

The way without the will

Systems Change / BY Rob Warriner

The way without the will

4 min read

Rob says the weakness of previous plans is that New Zealand has often had “the way”, but what has been missing, or vague at best, is “the will”.

WELL BEING

Silent epidemic

Wellbeing / BY Luke Benton

Silent epidemic

8 min read

What if the problem is not us, but the world we have built? It feels almost irresponsible to ask.

More than running: five years of Speed Freaks

Wellbeing / BY Anna Christophorou

More than running: five years of Speed Freaks

3 min read

Speed Freaks has evolved from a running initiative into a community-led movement, creating connection and opening new pathways for people with lived experience.

Common language ?

Wellbeing / BY Ivan Yeo

Common language ?

5 min read

What does “mental health” mean? If I say mental health, what appears in your mind?

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