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District Mental Health Services
- Mental illness describes problems that range from minor difficulties to more serious disorders
- Mental illness affects a person’s mood, thinking, perceptions, insight, judgment, understanding and ability to make choices
- There are a number of factors that can influence a person’s mental health, these are:
- psychological health
- social factors such as having a job
- friends and a valued place in society
- spiritual wellness
- biological health
- Mental illness is also influenced by the complex nature of interactions between human beings and their environment
Mental Health Services
- Mental Health services aim to work alongside the person and their family/whanau to provide treatments that will help the person's recovery from mental illness
- These may be medications and/or talking treatments
- Staff who are working in mental health services aim to support/empower people on their recovery journey
Mental health services aim to provide the following when things are not going well for people
- Provide an assessment
- This involves asking questions about you and your experiences to understand what symptoms you are experiencing and how they are best treated
- Discuss treatment options to help alleviate any symptoms
- This could include taking medication and/or talking therapies (types of counselling treatments)
- May visit you at home or offer respite options for when greater support is needed
- There is also hospital available for when more support is required than what can be offered in the community
Services
- Adult Mental Health Services
- Child, Youth & Family Mental Health Services
- Emergency Care Centre and Psychiatry Liaison
- Service Coordinators
Locations
- After hours, ring the main hospital - contacts for crises can be accessed via this number
Emergency / Crisis Assessment 24/7 (via CMHT crisis staff and Emergency Care Centre): Ph (09) 486 8900