The release of the personal stories of 300 mental health patients, their
families and workers show New Zealand's mental health system is in
crisis, a mental health activist says.
Mental health activist group People's Review is campaigning for a government-backed national review of mental health services.
The campaign's director, Laura Rapira, told Nine To Noon the submissions showed the mental health system was in crisis.
"Our submissions are beginning to paint a picture of long wait times ... of services stretched to breaking point, of families' fear and frustration when their loved ones are at risk, and of professionals exhausted and burned out," Ms Rapira said.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201819334/three-hundred-accounts-of-mental-health-failings
Mental health activist group People's Review is campaigning for a government-backed national review of mental health services.
The campaign's director, Laura Rapira, told Nine To Noon the submissions showed the mental health system was in crisis.
"Our submissions are beginning to paint a picture of long wait times ... of services stretched to breaking point, of families' fear and frustration when their loved ones are at risk, and of professionals exhausted and burned out," Ms Rapira said.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201819334/three-hundred-accounts-of-mental-health-failings