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Winning Ways to Wellbeing
Saturday, 26 September 2009, 1:06 pm | Mental Health Foundation
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Winning Ways to Wellbeing Mental Health Awareness Week October 5 – 11, 2009 More >>
Mental Health Awareness Week
Friday, 25 September 2009, 5:08 pm | Mental Health Foundation
Mental Health Awareness Week kicks off on October 5, with a whole lot of activities to encourage people to use “Winning Ways to Wellbeing”. “We all need to prioritise good mental health and we all have a part to play in our own wellbeing,” says Judi ... More >>
treating children with antidepressants concerning
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 4:25 pm | Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation is concerned about the use of antidepressants to treat preschoolers, following recent media reports that say very young children can experience major depression. The reports are based on a U.S. study released in the August issue ... More >>
Groundbreaking Chinese mental health website
Monday, 8 June 2009, 4:38 pm | Mental Health Foundation
An innovative website that aims to reduce stigma and discrimination related to mental illness in New Zealand’s Chinese community is launching this week. The website www.kaixinxingdong.org.nz has been created by the Mental Health Foundation’s Kai ... More >>
Foundation supports funding for eating disorder
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 2:09 pm | Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation is welcoming increased government funding for treatment of people with eating disorders. More >>
Aviation attitudes guarantee bankruptcy
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 2:58 pm | Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation is outraged at claims made in an aviation security review that suggest people with experience of mental illness are a greater threat to passenger safety than terrorists. The review, prompted by an alleged hijacking of a Blenheim-Christchurch ... More >>
Veitch should contribute to anti-violence work
Friday, 17 April 2009, 12:38 pm | Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation is challenging former broadcaster Tony Veitch to take responsibility for his horrific assault on a former girlfriend, and look to make a meaningful contribution to future work against family violence. Veitch pleaded ... More >>
Contributors for suicide prevention symposium
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 9:34 am | Mental Health Foundation
Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand (SPINZ) is seeking contributors for its 2009 symposium, “Culture and Suicide Prevention in Aotearoa”. The symposium will be the SPINZ annual event to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day on September ... More >>
Major challenges ahead, say mental health advocate
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 5:05 pm | Mental Health Foundation
There are still major challenges ahead in countering discrimination associated with mental illness, say mental health advocates on the eve of a national gathering in Auckland this week. More >>
Pasifika approaches to mental illness
Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 4:00 pm | Mental Health Foundation
Stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness will be examined in a Pasifika cultural context this week at the bi-annual Pacific Providers fono in Wellington, part of the Ministry of Health’s Like Minds, Like Mine programme. More >>
Concern about employment discrimination
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 11:19 am | Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation continues to be concerned about discrimination in employment for people with experience of mental illness, following reports earlier this month about a Christchurch firefighter who was allegedly dismissed for his prior history ... More >>
Mental Health Day : Attitudes changing for better
Friday, 10 October 2008, 1:19 pm | Mental Health Foundation
The way New Zealanders view and treat people experiencing mental illness is changing, and high-profile public campaigns have an important role to play, says the Mental Health Foundation. More >>
Like Minds, Like Mine finalist for ad award
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:38 am | Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand is delighted that the Like Minds, Like Minds advertising campaign is a finalist in the Sustained Success category of the 2008 CAANZ EFFIE® Awards. More >>
Mental health service approaches must change
Friday, 5 September 2008, 3:29 pm | Mental Health Foundation
The way we treat New Zealanders experiencing mental distress and loss of well-being is outdated, ineffective, and must change, says the Mental Health Advocacy Coalition (MHAC) in a discussion document launched at a major international conference in Auckland ... More >>
Mental Health Media Grant recipients
Sunday, 10 August 2008, 5:39 pm | Mental Health Foundation
Like Minds, Like Mine and the Mental Health Foundation are pleased to announce the 2008 New Zealand Mental Health Media Grant recipients. More >>
ACC should be congratulated
Friday, 8 August 2008, 10:57 am | Mental Health Foundation
Mentally unhealthy workplaces are costing New Zealand businesses far more than the $250 spent by ACC for staff on its employee wellbeing programme, says the Mental Health Foundation. More >>
Mental illness ban shames Olympic spirit
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:34 am | Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation hopes that Olympic spirit will shame Chinese authorities into reconsidering a rule which bans people with mental illness from entering China as visitors. More >>
Sports participation can improve mental health
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 2:14 pm | Mental Health Foundation
(Upper Hutt, New Zealand) Sports and art programmes should be first-line methods for improving mental health among New Zealand’s disadvantaged, says the head of one of Australia’s largest recreational charities, RecLink. More >>
Fourth Mental Health Promotion Hui Aotearoa
Friday, 1 August 2008, 11:15 am | Mental Health Foundation
A diverse array of people, passionate about improving the mental health of their communities, will gather at Orongomai Marae in Upper Hutt next week for the Fourth Annual Mental Health Promotion Hui Aotearoa. More >>
Maori champions to be celebrated
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 1:42 pm | Mental Health Foundation
(Waikato, New Zealand) Maori champions of mental health will be celebrated this week at the annual Like Minds, Like Mine Maori Provider Hui in Waikato. More >>
