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District Mental Health Services

  • Mental illness describes problems that range from minor difficulties to more serious disorders

  • Mental illness affects a person’s mood, thinking, perceptions, insight, judgment, understanding and ability to make choices

  • There are a number of factors that can influence a person’s mental health, these are: 

    • psychological health

    • social factors such as having a job

    • friends and a valued place in society

    • spiritual wellness

    • biological health

  • Mental illness is also influenced by the complex nature of interactions between human beings and their environment

Mental Health Services

  • Mental Health services aim to work alongside the person and their family/whanau to provide treatments that will help the person's recovery from mental illness

  • These may be medications and/or talking treatments

  • Staff who are working in mental health services aim to support/empower people on their recovery journey

Mental health services aim to provide the following when things are not going well for people

  • Provide an assessment

    • This involves asking questions about you and your experiences to understand what symptoms you are experiencing and how they are best treated

  • Discuss treatment options to help alleviate any symptoms

    • This could include taking medication and/or talking therapies (types of counselling treatments)

  • May visit you at home or offer respite options for when greater support is needed

    • There is also hospital available for when more support is required than what can be offered in the community

Services

  • Adult Mental Health Services

  • Child, Youth & Family Mental Health Services

  • Emergency Care Centre and Psychiatry Liaison

  • Service Coordinators

Locations

  • After hours, ring the main hospital - contacts for crises can be accessed via Emergency / Crisis Assessment 24/7 (via CMHT crisis staff and Emergency Care Centre): Ph (09) 486 8900

 

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