RECOVERY - INFORMATION

New Mental Health Line for Counties Manukau

Staffed by skilled and experienced mental health professionals, this service will operate during the 'after hours' period (5.00pm - 8.00am weekdays, plus 24/7 weekends and public holidays) and will ensure that clients, their families, other agencies and the community have enhanced access to mental health services during this period.

At 5pm on Monday 18 February 2008 the service commenced. Mental Health clients can assess this new service by simply calling their current Community Mental Health Centre or Specialist Service. From here they will have the capacity to connect to Mental Health Line.

Developing A Recovery And Wellness Lifestyle (US)

This publication was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), and prepared by Mary Ellen Copeland. Details

Respect Costs Nothing Survey (NZ)

Respect Costs Nothing reports the findings from a survey of 785 people with experience of a mental illness carried out in 2003 by the Mental Health Foundation to help shed some light on the nature of any discrimination happening.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/page.php?p=113&fp=34&sp=#233

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US)

Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery - A Self-Help Guide.

http://mentalhealth.samhsa.govt

Advance Directives by Mary Ellen Copeland (US)

I want to focus on two parts of the Advance Directive-Signs that I need assistance and support from others, and a home/community/respite plan. An Advance Directive is like the living will of mental health. You may have heard it referred to as a Crisis Plan. There is a form for this plan that you can download on the website www.mentalhealthrecovery.com.

http://www.namiscc.org/Recovery/2004/AdvanceDirectives.htm

Recovery From Schizophrenia (US)

An excerpt from Finding Hope in Schizophrenia: Healing and Hope for Everyone In the Family by Louise Loots Thornton. Thornton is the mother of three children. Two have been diagnosed with mental illness. Her son, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, has been living with the symptoms for over 20 years. Her daughter has a dual diagnosis and severe depression. Louise has been a member of NAMI-SCC for over 15 years and co-teaches the Journey of Hope class in Watsonville. She is an English teacher at Gavilan College.

http://www.namiscc.org/newsletters/September/Recovery%20from%20Schizophrenia.htm

Someone Who Believed In Them Helped Them To Recover (US)

People who have significantly recovered from mental illness frequently say they were greatly helped by someone who believed in them. One woman stated that there was a doctor who..."believed in me. She never gave up. She was the only one who didn't give up as far as [my] being in the hospital."

http://www.namiscc.org/newsletters/November/Fisher.htm

Oranga Ngakau - Getting The Most Out Of Mental Health Services (NZ)

Recovery means living well in the presence or absence of your mental health problems. It is more than just managing your mental health problem. Recovery also means getting back the things you have lost because of your mental health problem, such as friends, your home or your job. You are in charge of your own recovery; other people, such as mental health workers, can assist you with it, but they cannot do it all for you.

http://www.mhc.govt.nz/publications/2003/Oranga_Ngakau.pdf

Four Maori Korero About Their Experience Of Mental Illness (NZ)

For Maori tangata whaiora the recovery process is more a journey of rediscovery. Ko wai? No whea? Naa wai? (Who are you? Where do you come from? Who are your parents?) Knowing the connections that make them who they are is the foundation of recovery.

http://www.mhc.govt.nz/publications/2000/Recovery_Maori.pdf

Pacific People In NZ Talk About Their Experiences With Mental Illness (NZ)

'The family is actually part of the healing process. Pacific Island parents always like to have contact, they always like to know what's going on and what's happening.' 'Some of the hospital staff had told my family to stay away for a while because they felt like that was hindering my recovery. But to be able to see my family actually made me feel for just a little while like I wasn't in hospital, and I enjoyed getting visits from them.'

http://www.mhc.govt.nz/publications/2000/Recovery_Pacific.pdf

RECOVERY - LINKS

CONNECT - Supporting Recovery Inc. (NZ) - Formerly AMHS

Committed to working with a recovery focus, flexibly and creatively to inspire hope, create choice and opportunities and encourage transformation and promote health and well-being. Services include: Residential, Asian Responsive Service, Dual Diagnosis, Peer Support and EDGE Employment.

http://www.connectsr.org.nz/

Crossroads Clubhouse (NZ)

Crossroads Clubhouse is a recovery centre for people with backgrounds of mental illness such as bipolar disease, schizophrenia and severe depression. Combining a comprehensive network of services that includes employment, education, recreation and housing, our innovative approach to psychosocial rehabilitation is progressive and world-renowned.

http://www.crossroadsclubhouse.org.nz/

Framework Trust (NZ)

Framework Trust delivers community based mental health and intellectual disability services in Greater Auckland from strategic locations throughout the city.

http://www.framework.org.nz/

Mental Health Foundation Resource & Information Service (NZ)

One of the ways we support individuals and communities is through providing access to quality information and rersources on mental health and wellbeing. We encourage people to make informed choices and decisions about their mental health in ways that enhance their quality of life. We have a range of toolkits and educational resources focussing on enhancing mental wellbeing, community awareness & destigmatisation, for use in schools and community settings. A file of our services.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/

Mental Health Recovery and WRAP - Mary Ellen Copeland (US)

Mental Health Recovery and WRAP was started in 1989 as Mary Ellen Copeland began her studies of how people help themselves, get well, and stay well and her work received an important boost from the 1992 publication of the best-selling Depression Workbook. The Workbook, now a keystone in mental health circles, was the result of interviews with hundreds of people and years of research. Mary Ellen has continued these studies and now works with a highly competent and skilled staff and experts from around the country. She currently has 20 books and CD's that have been widely distributed all over the world.

http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/aboutus.php

Ministry of Social Development - National Directory (NZ)

The National Directory is a searchable online database. It lists information about family support organisations and the services/programmes they offer to support New Zealand families (we call the organisations in the National Directory "providers"). The purpose of the National Directory is to connect people with providers who can help them to cope with common issues and problems.

http://www.familyservices.govt.nz/directory/

Te Kotuku Ki Te Rangi (NZ)

Te Kotuku Ki Te Rangi provides community based Kaupapa Maori Mental Health Services for Tangata Whaiora (people seeking wellness) based in the Northern Region of the North Island, including the Counties/Manukau District Health Board (DHB), Auckland DHB, Waitemata DHB and Northland DHB.

http://www.tekotuku.co.nz/

VIBE (NZ)

We are innovative and unique. A Like Minds Like Mine project created and run by youth, for youth since 2002. Vibe is a community action network open to young adults in Auckland with experience of mental distress (/ philosophical challenges / madness / mental illness / mental health issues / mental health problems / being human) and a passion for positive social change.

http://www.vibecentral.org.nz/

Walsh Trust (NZ)

WALSH Trust has been a leader in the provision of community-based mental health support services in West Auckland since 1988. It is a uniquely home-grown service which is proud of it's community-based origins. The West Auckland communities are at the heart of WALSH Trust and represent it's life-blood.

http://www.walsh.org.nz/home.html

Yan Oi Sei (NZ)

Yan Oi Sei is a registered charitable trust which aims to support individuals' mental wellness with particular emphasis in the Chinese community. Yan Oi Sei uses Mental Health Development approaches to design its services. Our focus is on building resilience among mental health service users, empowering them, their familiy and friends, as well as aiding in recovery and providing support for each other.

http://www.yanoisei.org/

Developing_A_Recovery_And_Wellness_Lifestyle.pdf