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New Zealand Mental Health

Mental health takes big hit from quakes

Overwhelmed Christchurch residents are seeking help for anxiety, depression and alcohol issues, health providers say. Ref. Source 8

Health Mental Zealand New

Patient notes left on city bus still missing

Sensitive clinical notes on 65 mental health patients are yet to be found after being left on a Wellington bus. Ref. Source 2

New Zealand Mental Health Health & Special Psychology

New Zealand Asylum - Insanity

Is the subject of Mental Health in New Zealand taboo?

If you mentioned to a local that you are somehow associated with Mental Health in New Zealand will that be taken with scorn?

What are the most known New Zealand Psychiatric hospitals ?

Health Mental Zealand New

Suicide sparks call for better communication

A coroner has called for better communication between mental-health organisations after the death of an Otago woman last year. Ref. Source 5

Health Mental Zealand New

Ministry launches new Brackenridge probe

Concerns over the care of an intellectually disabled teenager, who allegedly suffered carpet burn grazes at Brackenridge Estate, has sparked the facility's second government investigation since September. Ref. Source 7

New Zealand Mental Health

Son given cannabis in mental care unit

Complaints of recreational drugs being smuggled into Hutt Hospital's mental health unit and shared among vulnerable patients are being investigated by the Ministry of Health. Ref. Source 8

New Zealand Mental Health

Family point finger at Brackenridge

The sister of an intellectually disabled man who died under Brackenridge care says an independent review into his death proves it could have been avoided. Ref. Source 3

New Zealand Mental Health Psychology Special & Health

'Low-life ghetto' proposal pilloried

Housing mentally ill patients in portacoms and caravans on hospital sites could create "Low-life ghettos", experts say. Ref. Source 8