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The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand (the MHF) is supportive of a private member’s Bill requiring the Government of the day, by law, to develop a national mental health and wellbeing strategy.

Decades of neglect have led to a mental health crisis in NZ.

A literature review carried out by the University of Otago into perspectives on compulsory treatment.

Terrorist ideologies are not symptoms of any mental illness. It’s as simple as that.

Placing the blame for the New Lynn terrorist attack on an entire faith or culture is wrong.

The Government is calling for public submissions on proposed changes to the Mental Health Act Amendment Bill.

A quarter of New Zealanders currently have poor levels of mental and emotional wellbeing, including nearly a third of women, according to a recent study commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF).

We are calling for the Government to show us how He Ara Oranga will be implemented.

While the report is light on references to mental health, the focus on keeping people well through population health is extremely heartening, and we welcome its focus on addressing health inequities and the social determinants of health.

Our submission has been informed by the perspectives, stories and voices of people with lived experience and Māori.