Accessing Mental Health Services
If you are concerned about your own or another person's health please :
- Contact your doctor, or
- Contact a private health professional (e.g. Counsellor) or
- Contact Webhealth - Linkage - see below
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Telephone one of the services listed for information on how to get an appointment
Information about these services can be directly accessed by clicking on the underlined service.
People with experience of mental illness are welcome to bring their family/whanau, other support people, or an advocate with them when they use any of the following services.
Taranaki Mental Health Services
Taranaki DHB provides a range of specialist mental health services throughout the region.
The Taranaki Mental Health Service consists of five distinct areas:
- Adult Mental Health Services
- Child and Adolescent Services Mental Health Services
- Mental Health Services for Older People
- Alcohol and Drug Services
- Maternal Mental Health Services
Consumer Advisory and Advocacy Support Groups
Counsellors
General Practitioners
Kaupapa Maori Specialist Mental Health Services:
Providing the following Services:
- Advocacy and Peer Support for Tangata Whaiora
- Alcohol and Drug Counselling and Education
- Child and Adolescents
- Community Mental Health Nursing
- Dual Diagnosis
- Early Intervention and First Time Psychosis
- Foetal Alcohol Services
- Health Promotion
- Kaumatua
- Koro and Kuia Whanau Services
- Meaningful Activity Programmes
- Needs Assessment
- Service Coordination
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Tohunga
For further information please refer to: Tui Ora Ltd Website
Forensic Services - Health Waikato Regional Forensic Services - Tel: 07 8398641
Health Promotion:
Legal and Justice Support Services(coming soon)
Meaningful Activity/Pre-vocational and Vocational Providers(coming soon)
Mental Health Services for Older People
"Other Local, Regional and Central Government Support Agencies"
Feedback is always welcome
email: likemindstaranak@likemindstaranaki.org.nz
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