Insight and Other Puzzles: Undefined Terms in the New Zealand Mental Health Review Tribunal Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 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…
Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Barriers to, and incentives for, the transfer of opioid-dependent people from secondary care to primary health care Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 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…
The Effectiveness of Service User-Run or Service User-Led Mental Health Services for People with Mental Illness Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 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…
A Pacific Perspective on the NZ Mental Health Classification and Outcomes Study (CAOS) Last Publication Date: 01 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…
Delivery of cultural assessment for Māori Last Publication Date: 01 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…
A Snapshot of Older People’s Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation Services and Mental Health Services 2003 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 The snapshot provides the results of a survey of geriatric and psychogeriatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation (AT&R) services and mental health services for older people provided…
Mental Health Issues for Asians in New Zealand: A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 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…
Disability and Employment: Where is Government Policy Heading? Last Publication Date: 01 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…
Young people’s experience of recovery and wellbeing following a suicide attempt Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2002 Social Work Now, Issue 23, pages 15-21. Evidence suggests that young people aged 15-24 in New Zealand are at increased risk of death by suicide compared with…
“Kia Mauri Tau!” Narratives of Recovery from Disabling Mental Health Problems 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…
