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Promoting Mental-Health Recovery
Engage Aotearoa connects individuals and services with the necessaries of mental health and recovery.
We provide mental health resources for individuals and mental health competencies for services.
Background
Mental 'illness' affects 46.7% of New Zealanders in their lifetimes and 20% of New Zealanders in any 12-month period.
Only around 40% of people experiencing mental 'illness' will access treatment of any kind in a given year.
As tangata whaiora (people seeking wellness) it can be difficult to know where to get help, how to get help or that help is even possible. Mental 'illness' affects every sphere of functioning and tangata whaiora access a wide range of different community services in order to achieve their recovery.
These services and recovery partners are not always equipped to deal with tangata whaiora's special needs or the complex issues that arise out of mental 'illness'.
Engage works to change all that.