The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand’s latest weekly E-Bulletin was delivered to inboxes on the 24th of June. Delivered weekly, the E-Bulletin provides links to resources for researchers, academics, mental health workforce, people interested in new research, information and developments in the field of mental health and wellbeing.
Category Archives: Online Resources
Have You Seen the Target Zero Documentary Yet? Watch Online
A very special documentary aired on Maori Television on the 15th of June. Target Zero highlights the need for suicide prevention strategies in NZ, Key to Life Charitable Trust‘s grassroots work across NZ, what gets people through and the solutions whanau and youth themselves are enacting in their schools and towns. 
Engage Aotearoa would like to congratulate Mike King, Jo Methven, Tai Tupou and the rest of the Key to Life team on the messages they have brought together in Target Zero. This is an inspiring example of what can come about when genuine people, with genuine passion, collaborate with their communities to fill community needs.
Watch Target Zero online here and share it on social media.
These are the kinds of ideas we need to be spreading.
Health Promotion Agency Launches “Don’t Know? Don’t Drink” Campaign
The Health Promotion Agency launched a new campaign called “Don’t Know? Don’t Drink” on the 14th June. The Campaign, which will run until September, aims to raise awareness about the effects of alcohol during early pregnancy and ultimately reduce rates of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in New Zealand.
“Don’t Know? Don’t Drink” encourages women to stop drinking alcohol if there is any chance they could be pregnant because alcohol can affect a developing baby throughout pregnancy, including before a woman knows she is pregnant. There is no known safe amount and no known safe time to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
Seen the New Mental Health Foundation Webstore yet?
The Mental Health Foundation of NZ has launched a new webstore and it’s open and ready for orders!
With a fresh new look and loads of easy to find items, the webstore is “brimming with, books, pamphlets, CDs, reports and handy new features.”
They have all their usual stock in-store and some new items as well, like two new Mental Health Foundation research reports focusing on discrimination and social inclusion: Young people’s experience of discrimination in relation to mental health issues in Aotearoa New Zealand and What works: Positive experiences in open employment of mental health service users.
Reprints of popular Mental Health Commision resources now available
Due to popular demand, new versions of “Oranga Ngākau – Getting the most out of Mental Health and Addiction Services: A recovery resource for service users” and “When someone you care about has a mental health or addiction issue” are available in hard copy or by download.
“Oranga Ngākau” is easy to understand and provides valuable information about what to expect from treatment in mental health and addiction services. This includes a glossary of terms used during care, as well as describing different possible scenarios when using these services for the first time.
“When someone you care about has a mental health or addiction issue” is a resource for those who are supporting others. Read about the best ways for family, whānau and friends to help people close to them who are in care, as well as how to find support for themselves, should they need it.
Contact:
Kim Higginson, Information Officer, Mental Health Foundation
info@mentalhealth.org.nz
Canterbury Mental Health Directory and Guide
Engage Aotearoa recommends the Canterbury Mental Health Directory as a great place to start if you would like to seek help with an emotional, relational or mental health issue. It lists a number of support groups in Canterbury.
If you are asking yourself questions like these: “What sort of help do I need? Who should I go to? What will it cost? How private will it be? Will I have to wait?” this directory attempts to answer these and other questions in understandable language and with your best interests at heart. The directory can be found here. (Note from Engage: You could also try out our Community Resources Directory, which has some South Island entries.)
The website also features a superb guide for starting out seeking help, found here.
Te Pou: Peer support competencies ‘sandstone to sharpen practice on’
The following is a press release from Te Pou, from their website:
The resource Competencies for the mental health and addiction service user, consumer and peer workforce were launched on November 11 at Te Pou in Auckland.
Dr John Crawshaw, director of mental health, gave an opening address to the mental health and addiction sector people from across the North Island. He acknowledged the pivotal role the service user, consumer and peer workforce has in informing service development and working alongside clinical services, supporting people to self manage and drive their own recovery.
Dr Crawshaw was followed by two peer support workers who spoke about their experience and what peer work meant for them. Elton Hakopa, addiction peer support worker from the drug court, gave a stirring and entertaining outline of his experiences. Elton gave the quote of the day, or even the year when he said “these competencies are the sandstone I will sharpen my practice on”.
Ahmad Al-Ali, mental health peer worker from Mind and Body, also entertained the crowd with his self-deprecating wit and story of courage. Both exemplified the state of gratitude they were in to be able to use their powerful experiences to support other people’s self-determination and wellbeing.
Robyn Shearer, Te Pou chief executive, talked about the power of people from across mental health and addiction co-designing and co-developing the competencies.
Two documents created to support the competency framework were also launched: The Service user, consumer and peer workforce guide for managers and employers and the Service user, consumer and peer workforce guide for planners and funders. These are available to download alongside the competencies. These documents provide information and sound direction for people managing and employing peer workforce members and for planners and funders investing in this exciting growth area in the mental health and addiction workforce.
To contact Te Pou or for further information:
Email: info@tepou.co.nz
Te Pou phone numbers online here.
Psychosis: latest articles on Taylor & Francis Online
The following are some highlights from the latest Taylor and Francis “Psychosis” online releases.
Overcoming distressing voices
Katherine Berry
Understanding the development of narrative insight in early psychosis: A qualitative approach
Eric Macnaughton, Sam Sheps, Jim Frankish & Dave Irwin
Is the content of persecutory delusions relevant to self-esteem?
Johanna Sundag, Tania M. Lincoln, Maike M. Hartmann & Steffen Moritz
Childhood sexual abuse moderates the relationship of self-reflectivity with increased emotional distress in schizophrenia
Bethany L. Leonhardt, Jay A. Hamm, Elizabeth A. Belanger & Paul H. Lysaker
Opinion piece: “Hearing the voices of young people!” Do we require more personal accounts from young people who have psychotic-like experiences?
Patrick Welsh & Roz Oates
For the Psychosis list of issues click here.
Compulsory Treatment in NZ Mental Health | Take it From Us radio 18 Nov 2014
Tomorrow Take It From Us again takes a look at the frequency of compulsory treatment orders issued within our mental health system, and reviews the most recent report on our mental health from the director of mental health in his annual report. Hear the thoughts of consumers James King and Reina Harris about these issues, and how discriminatory such legislation can be.
Take It From Us, PlanetFM104.6 @ 12.30pm Tuesday 17 November 2014
Listen live on 104.6FM at 12.30pm or online www.planetaudio.org.nz
OR if you missed the broadcast, listen for the next seven days @: www.planetaudio.org.nz/takeitfromus
Email Sheldon.brown@framework.org.nz for any feedback and comment/suggestions for shows.
