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Website: Health and Disability Commissioner
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Last Publication Date: 1 Jan 2005
A systematic review of available, published international evidence for the effectiveness of service user-run, or service user-led, mental health services was requested by the Mental Health…
There is evidence that providing care for opioid-dependent people on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in primary health care settings, supported by specialist services, has beneficial outcomes. The…
This paper, focusing on decisions of the New Zealand's Mental Health review Tribunal (MHRT) consists of a literature review and an account of the findings of…
Last Publication Date: 1 Feb 2004
This report provides a Pacific perspective on the New Zealand Mental Health Classification and Outcomes Study (CAOS Report). It is intended to highlight implications of the…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jan 2004
In September 2001 the Mental Health Commission published Cultural Assessment Processes for Māori: Guidance for Mainstream Mental Health Services. In 2003, to assess the impact of…
Last Publication Date: 1 May 2003
This literature review identifies key mental health issues for Asian people in New Zealand. The review covers literature from 1990-2002 on Asian immigrants, refugees and foreign…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jan 2003
This paper looks at disability and employment policy and the impact it has on the mental health problems. This paper doesn't aim to be an in-depth…
Last Publication Date: 31 Oct 2002
The Mental Health Narratives Project interviewed 40 people about their mental health, recovery and life after recovery, including Māori, non-Māori women, and men who once had…
Last Publication Date: 31 Jan 2002
A 2001 study (Abas, Vanderpyl et al. 2001) identified medication problems as a major reason for admission into hospital. In response, this 2004 study examined stakeholder…
Last Publication Date: 1 Nov 2001
Crisis mental health services play a critical and valuable role in the delivery of mental health services in New Zealand. This review looks into these services,…
