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Staying in relationship with the difficult

Systems Change / BY Mathew Farry

Staying in relationship with the difficult

5 min read

Silence is one of the greatest barriers to a courageous conversation. At the other end of the continuum is what we describe as violence. I am not referring here to physical violence, but to anger, hostility or aggression when these shut down the conversation.

Pyjamas and ice cream

Systems Change / BY Asha Jean Vassiliadis

Pyjamas and ice cream

3 min read

We need a significant shift towards believing lived experience and valuing what we say at face value. We cannot keep waiting and hoping for further research before accepting that our experiences are real. People are dying in the meantime, and we cannot wait.

Failing our mothers

Systems Change / BY Rebecca Jayde

Failing our mothers

2 min read

There are considerable social and economic consequences of failing to support mothers when they need it. These consequences are felt not only by women themselves, but also by their babies, whānau and wider communities.

The way without the will

Systems Change / BY Rob Warriner

The way without the will

4 min read

Rob says the weakness of previous plans is that New Zealand has often had “the way”, but what has been missing, or vague at best, is “the will”.

Through the health framework

Systems Change / BY Brendan Short

Through the health framework

4 min read

Brendan Short writes the evidence consistently points towards health-based interventions reducing harm more effectively than punishment alone- so what went wrong?

Somewhere to belong

Systems Change / BY Nick Scheer

Somewhere to belong

5 min read

Nick Scheer ponders that when someone has become isolated, getting back into the community can itself become a significant challenge.

Clearway

Systems Change / BY Karen Orsborn

Clearway

3 min read

Karen Orsborn presents a roadmap designed to help decision-makers focus effort and investment where it can make the greatest difference

Building better lives wins award

Systems Change / BY Ben Sando

Building better lives wins award

5 min read

The role of well designed community housing When people ask me why I chose to specialise in community housing, the answer goes back well be

Pretenders

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

Pretenders

4 min read

Ivan Yeo muses perhaps true strength lies in trusting that we can tell the truth about our struggles and still be worthy of love, respect, and belonging.

Fast road mapped

Systems Change / BY Stephen Blythe

Fast road mapped

1 min read

New roadmap calls for faster action on mental health, addiction and wellbeing

Ruinous empathy

Systems Change / BY Magdel Hammond

Ruinous empathy

5 min read

Ruinous empathy, is being nice the common and costly failure of leadership?

Primary response

Systems Change / BY Eugene McGarrell

Primary response

2 min read

Eugene McGarrell takes a primary care commissioning perspective on the mental health crisis and on what a practical response to that crisis might look like.

This be the verse!

Systems Change / BY Rob Warriner

This be the verse!

9 min read

Taking Philip Larkin as inspiration, Rob asks if we are guilty of passing on our burdens to the next generation

Invisible workforce

Systems Change / BY Jonathan Harms

Invisible workforce

3 min read

Jonathan Harms writes , the mental health system, as we describe it, is not functioning as it should. The failure is not new. It has been decades in the making.

Peers in reflection

Systems Change / BY David Snell

Peers in reflection

3 min read

David Snell asserts It is no understatement to suggest that our peer specialists save lives or, at a minimum, improve the outcomes for our people who enter ED.

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