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Improve wellbeing for rangatahi and young people
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address this. We are particularly concerned that: Young people continue to experience long wait times to than other age groups to access specialist mental health services. Initial dispensings for antidepressant, antipsychotic, and anxiolytic medications have increased substantially. Last year, 159
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More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services
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More investment in kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services is needed to ensure the support available meets the level of mental distress experienced by Māori. Despite funding increases over the past five years more needs to be done to achieve equitable funding. This is a
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Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts
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A narrow focus on mental health may prevent us from understanding the broader wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - has found in its first report on the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. “For people to flourish and experience
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Advocacy
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commissions and other global entities about mental health and wellbeing. Our advocacy focuses on: The collective interests of people who experience mental distress or addiction, and the people, including whānau, who support them Improving mental health and addiction services Approaches to mental
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Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services
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less likely to have enough income to meet everyday needs. Young people were much more likely to experience loneliness, more likely to experience discrimination, and less likely to have trust in other people. Young people were less likely to feel that the things they did were worthwhile
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Could you access mental health or addiction support when you needed it?
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they found help, how easy or difficult it was to get what they needed. If they didn’t find help, what stopped them from getting the help they needed. If they were whānau or supporting someone else, what was their experience. Our focus was on trying to understand issues that people face when they try
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Technical Advisory Network
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readily available. We established a Technical Advisory Network (TAN) to provide advice and expertise of methods, measures, data sources and data gaps. This group was active during 2022 and had a diverse membership that covered the broad scope of He Ara Āwhina, priority groups, and experience of both
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COVID-19 restrictions impact family violence and wellbeing, empowered communities key to supporting safety at home
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made accessing help difficult for some communities, digital technology also allowed online violence and abuse to be brought directly into people’s homes. While social media was useful to mitigate physical isolation and enhance social connectedness, experiences of digital harm and violence skyrocketed
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Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services
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). Download infographic (Word 4.3MB) Topics covered in the infographic include rating of wellbeing, income adequacy, experience of discrimination, educational achievement, access to services and levels of psychological distress. We did this assessment to feed into policy and system responses to
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More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges
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to experience long waiting times to access specialist services. Our young people deserve better,” says Te Hiringa Mahara Board Chair Hayden Wano. “The workforce has grown for specialist adult mental health and addiction services over the last five years, but workforce vacancies have doubled. We want