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Story tellers

Innovation / BY Anna Ashton

Story tellers

4 min read

Anna Ashton on how the book Ō Mātou Kōrero, Our Stories of First Episode Psychosis supports whaiora through psychosis

Recovery Revival

Innovation / BY Jessica Emily

Recovery Revival

3 min read

Jessica, Founder of Recovery Revival writes : I believe too many people are handed a story about their future that focuses entirely on limitation rather than possibility.

Technology wins out

Innovation / BY Anil Thapliyal

Technology wins out

5 min read

Recently eMHIC convened a high-level gathering, "Transforming Mental Healthcare with Technology," to formally launch two major initiatives designed to strengthen mental health response in humanitarian settings.

Climate change and young people

Opinion / BY Ella Cullen

Climate change and young people

2 min read

Young people have repeatedly told us that for them, climate change is not a distant issue on the horizon. Rather, it is a present and pressing reality in their lives.

Co-design to co-creation please!

Perspective / BY Asha Jean Vassiliadis

Co-design to co-creation please!

5 min read

Asha Jean says our current systems are based on data and they are broken. We need to refocus on people.

HORIZON HEADS TO SYDNEY

BY Simon Kozak Editor

HORIZON HEADS TO SYDNEY

1 min read

HORIZON is heading to the TheMHS Forum in Sydney as the event official media partner. Sponsors - TheMHS Forum 2026 Sydney - Mercure Sydney

The Empire of Lived Experience:

Wellbeing / BY Magdel Hammond

The Empire of Lived Experience:

4 min read

Magdel Hammond muses - do we need an empire to protect the sanctity of Lived Experience ?

Life beyond survival.

Systems Change / BY Shelwin Khan

Life beyond survival.

4 min read

Recovery is relationship, belonging, meaning, identity, and the freedom to imagine a life beyond survival.

The hidden loneliness of getting everything right

Systems Change / BY Nadjela Salimi

The hidden loneliness of getting everything right

3 min read

Nadjela Salimi has this for fellow perfectionists (coming from her lens as a clinical psychologist)

The year that's been

Innovation / BY Tuihana Ohia

The year that's been

3 min read

Tuihana Ohio reveals Moemoeā - A Space for Connection, Creativity and Wellbeing

Loneliness as a health risk

Innovation / BY Sonder News Hub

Loneliness as a health risk

5 min read

The role of social prescribing in supporting whole-of-person wellbeing

Task vs relationship across cultures

Innovation / BY Ivan Yeo

Task vs relationship across cultures

3 min read

Ivan Yeo asks which comes first trust or relationships, what does the answer mean for mental health?

TheMHS Sydney Forum

Perspective / BY Simon Kozak Editor

TheMHS Sydney Forum

2 min read

Mental health leaders, people with lived experience, carers, and service providers will come together in Sydney to address ongoing challenges in accessing timely and appropriate crisis support. HORIZON is the media partner.

Mental Health bill debate delayed

Opinion / BY Sonya Russell

Mental Health bill debate delayed

1 min read

Te Hiringa Mahara is urging all parties to come together, take on board the voices of the lived experience, whānau and the public and move this Bill forward.

On being sane in insane places

Perspective / BY Rob Warriner

On being sane in insane places

5 min read

Rob Warriner on the relevance of Professor David Rosenhan’s landmark study, “On Being Sane in Insane Places”

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