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Whanganui provides a range of mental health and addiction services in the community, rural areas and on our Whanganui Hospital campus.
We provide a range of mental health and addiction services in the community, rural areas and on our Whanganui Hospital campus, that includes an opioid treatment service.
Te Awhina is located at Whanganui Hospital and treats patients who are in the acute phase of their mental illness.
The service provides:
Stanford House provides rehabilitation around:
Visits need to be arranged with the Nurse in Charge.
Phone: 06 348 1234
Maternal Infant Child Adolescent Mental Health and Addiction Services (MICAMHAS) is located in Whanganui Hospital and offers 3 services.
SUPP youth support (internal link)
MICAMHAS accepts referrals from all including self-referrals.
MICAMHAS referral formPDF216 KB
Our Community Mental Health Service (CMH) works with adults who have severe mental health conditions.
CMH staff work alongside the patient and their whānau in their own home or at the CMH offices to educate them and support their recovery. This may include providing information on medication, illnesses, community living and options. CMH staff also liaise with any other services involved in a patient's recovery such as their main healthcare provider or a community agency.
CMH staff are based at:
Referrals are made through the triage nurse at:
Phone: 06 348 1207
Mental Health Assessment and Home Treatment Service is not an emergency service.
Phone: 0800 653 358
Our Alcohol and Other Drug Service works alongside community mental health teams based at Te Rito (Level 1 133 Wicksteed Street) and at Whanganui Hospital, alongside the Rangitikei, Taihape and Waimarino health centres.
The service works across the continuum of use (of substances) from social use to dependence. As well as educating and informing service users/tangata whaiora, the service provides interventions such as:
Referral to other services is also provided. These can include funded residential programmes, self-help, support groups and community support.
Early intervention work with youth is also provided by specially trained staff.
Referrals are made through the triage nurse at:
Phone: 06 348 1207
Te Puke Karanga Hauora provides Whānau Ora services to Raetihi and the middle reaches of the awa. They have:
Address:
Phone: 06 385 5019
Te Kotuku Hauora are one of the many services provided by Te Runanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa. They provide Tamariki Ora, He Puna Ora, and Whānau Ora services. They have a mental health support worker as part of the team and a new kauapapa Maori mild to moderate service for people with mental health and addiction issues named Te Rau O Te Huia
Address:
Phone: 06 327 5594
Mokai Patea have Whānau Ora navigators that support whānau in change, crisis and work on health promotion and wellbeing. Mental health and addiction tangata whai ora and their whānau are supported by this team. Mokai Patea is mandated by 4 iwi:
Address:
Phone: 06 388 1156
Ngā Waihua o Paerangi - Hauoratanga Team
Ngati Rangi has a range of services for its people based in Ohakune. One of these is the Hauoratanga team, part of the operational hub, Ngā Waihua o Paerangi. They provide Whānau Ora, He Puna Ora and Tamariki Ora
They employ a mental health support worker and manaaki the alcohol and other drugs practitioner who works for Te Oranganui but has an office with Ngati Rangi.
Address:
Phone: 06 385 9580
Te Oranganui Waiora Hinengaro – Mental Health and Addiction Services provide:
The registered nurses in Waiora Hinengaro provide clinical oversight education and monitoring to the mental health support workers in the above for rural providers. This model which has been in place for 10 years and allows the above iwi providers to employ their own people in their own space and have the clinical back up.
Address:
Phone: 06 349 0007
The Mental Health and Addiction Services are supported by the Consumer consultant and Family advisor.
The consumer consultant works with the management team and staff to ensure the service users’ perspective is part of mental health and addictions service planning, policy development and review, recruitment, and service-wide decision-making.
Name: Frank Bristol
Address:
Phone: 06 345 4488
The Family Advisor works with the management team and staff to ensure the family/whanau perspective is part of mental health and addiction services planning and changes, policy development and review, recruitment, and service wide decision making.
Name: Fiona Wakeling
Address:
Phone: 06 345 3301
The Whanganui Community Living Trust is a community mental health and disability service provider.
They provide:
All supports are available throughout the Whanganui region.
Whanganui Community Living Trust (external link)