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Links & Resources

Useful links and Phone numbers for free services in New Zealand

 

CRISIS/RISK OF SUICIDE

  • New Zealand Crisis Assessment & Home Based Teams (for those in crisis/emergency only) (CAHT) listed by region
  • #1737 – Free New Zealand Counselling Service, phone or text 24/7
  • Suicide Prevention Helpline (support, information and resources for people at risk of suicide and their whanau and friends – noon-midnight) (0508 828 865)
  • Lifeline (24/7 support service) (0800 543 354)
  • Youthline (0800 376 633)
  • mentalhealth.org.nz/get-help/in-crisis/helplines/

 

DEPRESSION

  • Depression Helpline (8am-midnight) (0800 111 757)
  • The Lowdown (TXT Free 5626)

 

CHILDREN/WHANAU

  • Mental Illness Support for Families (0800 555 434)
  • Parents’ Helpline (Barnardos) (0800 472 736)
  • What’s Up (counselling for ages 5-18 years) (0800 942 8787)
  • Kidsline (up to age 14, 4-6pm weekdays) (0800 54 37 54)
  • Shine confidential helpline (specializing in keeping people safe from domestic violence)
  • Supporting Families in Mental Illness (0800 732825)

 

SUPPORT

 

HEALTH

  • Progress to Health (0800 77 57 57)
  • Healthline (health information service for the whole whanau. Staffed by registered nurses) (0800 611 116)

 

LGBTI+

  • Outline (Gay and Lesbian Outline NZ) (0800 688 5463)
  • Like Minds Like Mine (anti-stigma and discrimination) (0800 102 107)

 

INFORMATION AND SELF-HELP RESOURCES:

The Health Navigator NZ website helps you find reliable and trustworthy health information and self-help resources:

 

ADDICTIONS

ANXIETY:

  • Anxiety NZ: 0800 269 4389
  • The New Zealand Ministry of Health has funded free access to this British Medical Journal website for people browsing the web from New Zealand.
  • Kidshealth was developed by the Starship Foundation and the Paediatric Society of New Zealand.
  • The Phobic Trust is a non-profit organisation aiming to educate, support and treat severe anxiety, phobic and obsessive compulsive disorders.
  • Anxiety Support Canterbury is a non-profit organisation working for people who experience, or support others who have, any form of anxiety.
  • The Mental Health Foundation provides free information and training, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness.
  • NHS Choices is health information from the UK National Health Service.
  • Relaxation breathing exercises can help relieve feelings of anxiety or stress.

ALZHEIMERS

BIPOLAR DISORDER

EATING DISORDERS

  • Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand is an association established to provide support and education for parents and caregivers of people with eating disorders.
  • The Health Navigator NZ website helps you find reliable and trustworthy health information and self-help resources including some for eating disorders.
  • Family Services Directory will help you find local support for a variety of issues including eating disorders.
  • The Mental Health Foundation provides free information and training about eating disorders, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness.
  • The NHS Choices Health provides information about eating disorders from the UK National Health Service.
  • Best Health – is provided by the New Zealand Ministry of Health which provides free access to this British Medical Journal website for people browsing the web from New Zealand, and who are interested in information about eating disorders.

GRIEF

  • The Grief Centre offers a variety of services, including Counselling, Support Groups, Information and Resources, Training, and books for sale to assist those that are grieving.
  • Solace Support Auckland 09 425 6750 or 021 998 949

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

  • NHS Choices is health information from the UK National Health Service. It has information about OCD:
  • The Mental Health Foundation provides free information about OCD, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness.
  • Anxiety Support Canterbury
 is a non-profit organization working for people who experience or support others with any form of anxiety, including OCD.
  • Anxiety NZ (https://www.anxiety.org.nz/) s a non-profit organisation aiming to educate, support and treat severe anxiety, phobic and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
  • Best Health – the New Zealand Ministry of Health has funded free access to this British Medical Journal website for people browsing the web from New Zealand. The site has information about OCD.

PANIC ATTACKS

  • Relaxation breathing exercises can help relieve feelings of panic, anxiety or stress:
  • Anxiety NZ (https://www.anxiety.org.nz/) s a non-profit organisation aiming to educate, support and treat severe anxiety, phobic and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
  • The Mental Health Foundation provides free information about OCD, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness.
  • NHS Choices is health information from the UK National Health Service. It has information about panic disorder.
  • Best Health – the New Zealand Ministry of Health has funded free access to this British Medical Journal website for people browsing the web from New Zealand. The site has information about panic disorder.

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

  • The Mental Health Foundation provides free information about mental health issues, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness, including PTSD.
  • Better Health Channel – The Victoria (Australia) state government provides online consumer-focused health and medical information, including PTSD.
  • Trauma and Birth Stress is an information site on PTSD caused by childbirth.
  • Best Health – the New Zealand Ministry of Health has funded free access to this British Medical Journal website for people browsing the web from New Zealand. The site has information about post-traumatic stress disorder.

SCHIZOPHRENIA

  • The Mental Health Foundation provides free information about mental health issues, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness, including schizophrenia.
  • The Health Navigator NZ website helps you find reliable and trustworthy health information and self-help resources including some for schizophrenia.
  • Supporting Families in Mental Illness is an organisation for the family and whānau of people with a major mental illness such as schizophrenia.

SELF-HARMING

STRESS

  • Relaxation breathing exercises can help relieve feelings of panic, anxiety or stress.
  • NHS Choices provides information from the UK National Health Service including information about how to stand up to, and manage, stress.
  • Better Health Channel is the Victoria (Australia) state government provides online consumer-focused health and medical information. It contains information on how to deal with stress.
  • The Mental Health Foundation provides free information and training, and advocates for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness, including stress.