The American Psychological Association has produced some videos to help educate the public that psychotherapy is effective in treating mental health issues – sometimes more so than drugs.
New Open Access Articles from BMC Psychiatry
Research article
Role of the police in linking individuals experiencing mental health crises with mental health services
van den Brink RH, Broer J, Tholen AJ, Winthorst WH, Visser E, Wiersma D
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:171 (17 October 2012)
[Provisional PDF]
Technical advance
The feasibility and validity of ambulatory self-report of psychotic symptoms using a smartphone software application
Palmier-Claus JE, Ainsworth J, Machin M, Barrowclough C, Dunn G, Barkus E, Rogers A, Wykes T, Kapur S, Buchan I, Salter E, Lewis SW
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:172 (17 October 2012)
[Provisional PDF]
Research article
Hikikomori as a possible clinical term in psychiatry: a questionnaire survey
Tateno M, Park TW, Kato TA, Umene-Nakano W, Saito T
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:169 (15 October 2012)
[Provisional PDF]
Study protocol
Comparison of the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and paroxetine treatment in PTSD patients: Design of a randomized controlled trial
Polak A, Witteveen AB, Visser RS, Opmeer BC, Vulink N, Figee M, Denys D, Olff M
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:166 (9 October 2012)
[Provisional PDF]
Stigma Watch is Here: Get Involved!
A new project, Stigma Watch, is now up and running. Details are below. If you would like to join the Facebook group please let Katrina know at the email address below and she will send you an invitation.
Stigma Watch is a group which enables members of the public to access and respond to media articles or portrayals that may be stigmatising to those with experience of mental illness.
The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand will disseminate potentially stigmatising articles to members of the group. Members can then respond directly to media outlets, in their capacity as either:
a) Individual members of the public; or
b) Spokespeople for their organisations*
* Spokespeople must check with their managers that they are allowed to speak on behalf of their organisation. Many organisations will have official communications departments who issue all statements. If in doubt, ask!
The Stigma Watch process
Anyone who is interested in keeping abreast of New Zealand media articles addressing mental health issues can join Stigma Watch. To be added to the database, just email NewsAlerts@mentalhealth.org.nz with the Subject: Join database.
Regular emails will be sent directly to your email address. You can also, should you wish, join the Stigma Watch Facebook group where you can discuss articles with other group members. These conversations will be private to the group.
If you feel that an article requires a response, you should respond directly to the media outlet.
Where Like Minds fits in
Stigma Watch is part of the Like Minds programme. However, please do not respond as Like Minds or as a Like Minds spokesperson. If you are a provider, you may refer to yourself as such, but any responses made will come from you or your organisation, not Like Minds.
Where the Mental Health Foundation fits in
The Mental Health Foundation will provide administrative support for the Stigma Watch database and Facebook page. Any responses to media articles from the Mental Health Foundation will come from the Chief Executive and will not be part of Stigma Watch.
Why won’t the Mental Health Foundation get involved in responses?
They do! The Mental Health Foundation sends many responses to media articles every year. But what Like Minds now needs is a bigger pool of responders who are speaking on their own behalf. The more responses an article gets, the more likely the media organisation is to sit up and take notice.
Mental Health Foundation communications team
The Mental Health Foundation communications team does not have the capacity to provide any services to those who wish to respond to articles (e.g. proof reading). The role of the Mental Health Foundation is purely administrative.
If you have any questions about Stigma Watch, please email Katrina: Katrina@mentalhealth.org.nz.
Consultation on Changes to Benefits 25 October 2012
Paula Bennett has set out her latest proposals for changes to welfare benefits for consultation. These will mean changes to sickness and invalids benefits, the way disability allowance is paid, and the DPB CSI.
Auckland Disability Law invites you, your whanau and friends to a Community Hui to discuss the proposed changes and to learn how to make a submission.
The hui will look at these changes from a Rights based framework and will incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Government’s obligation under this convention.
Come and share your views and ideas.
Please let ADL know if you are coming and if you need and NZSL interpreter. Numbers limited
Full information about the select committee process can be found here: http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/5/2/a/00DBHOH_BILL11634_1-Social-Security-Benefit-Categories-and-Work-Focus.htm
Submissions are due Thursday 1 November.
Thursday 25 October 2012,
9.30am – 12pm (tea and coffee from 9-00am)
Mangere Community Law Centre, off Waddon Place, Mangere
Access 80 Free Articles on Depression during October 2012
Free Articles from Routledge Mental Health
Celebrate World Mental Health Day for the entire month with over 80 FREE articles on Depression from Routledge Mental Health available until October 26, 2012 at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/access/free-articles-world-mental-health-day-2012.pdf
Online Suicide Prevention Training Available!
QPR Online Training – Foundations in Suicide Prevention
Ask a Question – Save a Life
Fee $50 including GST
Worried about someone?
Learn what to look for, when to be concerned and what to say to save a life!
Click here to Purchase QPR Online Suicide Prevention Training
The training programme includes:
- Risk factors for suicide
- How to get help for someone in crisis
- The warning signs of a suicide crisis
- The common causes of suicidal behaviour
- Relationship of mental illness to suicide
- When and how to Question suicidal people
- How to Persuade people to accept help
- How to Refer people to resources
QPR New Zealand on-line Suicide Prevention Training
Learn to save a life in as little as two hours, anywhere, anytime.QPR New Zealand offers a comprehensive online training programme, using the latest in educational web technology. This training will arm you with the skills you need to help prevent suicide today.
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer – 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people are trained in CPR to help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of suicide and how to question, persuade, and refer someone for help.
Community Consultation on The Ministry’s Mental Health and Addiction Service Development Plan
The Ministry of Health is releasing for stakeholder consultation Rising to the Challenge: The Mental Health and Addiction Service Development Plan 2012 – 2017. The purpose of the Plan is to provide direction for mental health and addiction service delivery across the health sector over the next five years, and to clearly articulate Government expectations about what changes are needed to build on and enhance gains made in the delivery of mental health and addictions in recent years. The Plan incorporates key themes from Blueprint II and advances the Government’s focus on better performing public services. The plan has also been informed by input from preliminary sector consultations.
The consultation period will run from 8 October 2012 to 2 November 2012. Feedback closes on Friday 2 November 2012 at 5.00 pm. Please note that any feedback forms received after this time will not be included in the analysis of feedback.
How to respond
You can respond using the consultation response questionnaire attached to the consultation document. Email your local coordinator to request a consultation document and feedback form.
Attend a regional consultation workshop in your region during October.
- Northern region (Auckland): 15 October, 2-4 pm. Contact person Ian.McKenzie@ndsa.co.nz
- Northern region (Whangerei): Date to be confirmed. Contact person Ian.McKenzie@ndsa.co.nz
- Southern region (Christchurch): 16 October 10am-12 noon. Contact person Martin.Kane@siapo.health
- Southern region (Dunedin): 1 November 1-3pm. Contact person Gemma.Griffin-Dzikiewicz@southerndhb.govt.nz
- Central region (Wellington): 23 October 10am – 12 noon. Contact person david_ramsden@centraltas.co.nz
- Central Region (Palmerston North): 26 October 10am – 12 noon. Contact person david_ramsden@centraltas.co.nz
- Midland Region (Hamilton): 30 October 10am – 12 noon. Contract person Eseta.Nonu-Reid@lakesdhb.govt.nz
You may already be aware of these meetings. If not, please email the contact person identified for further details if you wish to attend.
Your views and feedback are welcome and can be provided:
a) by email to: SDP@moh.govt.nz
b) in writing to: April-Mae Marshall, Mental Health Service Improvement Group, Ministry of Health, PO Box 5013, Wellington.
All feedback forms will be acknowledged by the Ministry of Health and a summary of feedback will be sent to all those who request a copy. We look forward to your feedback which will assist us to finalise this document.
New Help Line for Chinese People
Vagus Line 0800 56 76 666
As from 1 October 2012, Vagus line 0800 56 76 666 from Chinese Mental Health Consultation Services Trust will be in service:
This new service is to promote family harmony among Chinese, enhance parenting skills, decrease conflict among family members (couple, parent-child, in-laws) and stop family violence.
Vagus Line provides FREE/ CONFIDENTAIL/ PROFESSIONAL consultation such as providing parenting strategies, communication skills.
If necessary, clients can be referred to Vagus counselling services or related resources.
Service hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 12 noon to 2pm
Learn Interactive Drawing Therapy: Course Starts 1 November 2012
The Interactive Drawing Therapy Foundation Course scheduled in Auckland is less than one month away.
1-2 & 5-6 November 2012
The offer to attend this course is the Early Bird rate at $750.00 (incl GST) – this is the final Foundation Course in Auckland for 2012.
The enrolment deadline is Monday 22nd October – contact the IDT Office for an enrolment form.
IDT – A way of working that is immediate, effective and proven!
Interactive Drawing Therapy Ltd
PO Box 47-419 Ponsonby, Auckland 1144, New Zealand
Phone: (0064) 9 376 4789 | Fax (0064) 9 376 4759 | Email: idt@pl.net
Website: www.InteractiveDrawingTherapy.com
Engage Group Full for 2012
Engage Group is a free education and support programme for people of any age who struggle with the limiting effects of anxiety in any form.
The next programme gets underway at Youthline in Ponsonby, Auckland on Wednesday October 3rd with a full group who will spend the next ten weeks together exploring ways to overcome anxiety and supporting each other through.
Enrolments are now closed for 2012. But to make sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity to enrol next year, contact Youthline’s special services centre on (09) 361 4168 or services@youthline.co.nz to add yourself to the waitlist.
More information can be found on the Engage Aotearoa website at the following link:
