The 2019 Budget included an extra $1.9 billion for mental health over four years. Some of this cash will establish a new service putting mental health workers into doctors’ clinics, iwi health providers and health services. Suicide prevention, addiction treatment and the nurses in schools schemes also received a boost.
Objective: Frequent callers present a challenge for crisis helplines, which strive to achieve optimal outcomes for all callers within finite resources. This study aimed to describe frequent callers to Lifeline (the largest crisis helpline in Australia) and compare them with non-frequent callers, with a view to furthering knowledge about models of service delivery that might meet the needs ofIn a step toward prioritizing mental health support, Canada is launching its nationwide crisis hotline, 988, on Nov.30, providing a free texting or calling service for Canadians.
For families, whānau and friends. Skylight www.skylight.org.nz 0800 299 100 – for support through trauma, loss and grief (8.30am – 4.30pm weekdays) Aoake te Rā 0800 000 053 www.aoaketera.org.nz - free counselling for people. bereaved by suicide.
Mental health legislation in New Zealand was developed to support the delivery of the best mental healthcare to people in psychological distress. This is also described as “psychosocial distressEDxNzBW.