The Guerrilla Guide to how to Access what you

 need from Mental Health Services

The New Zealand Mental Health Enquiry has clearly stated that Mental Health services for people in NZ need to improved. Part of this is learning ways to access services that currently exist. This session will teach you tricks of the trade from a nurse with over 30 years of front line experience.

An opportunity to learn how to access services for yourself, whanau members or people you currently support.

Through out the workshop, we will review the following topics...

• Mental health Enquiry
• The current climate
• Advanced directives
• Institutional practice
• Legislation to use for support
• Urging for accountability
• Cultural supports
• The health and Disability Commission
• Advocacy and accessing services
• Cultural supports
• Meeting agendas and writing down what’s wrong

• Colonisation
• Medication
• Advice for clinicians
• The mental health act
• What to do if your refused services
• Primary health roles
• Collaborative note writing
• Strengths models
• Goals that are real goals
• Addictions
• Emergency plans
• Direct action