EXCLUSIVE: Dave Macpherson – Coroner’s report into death of Nicky Stevens released
Coroner Wallace Bain has formally found that our son and brother Nicky Stevens’ death was as a result of suicide.
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GUEST BLOG: Hadley Grace Robinson-Lewis – Social determinants of health.
I believe it’s highly unethical for an individual’s future prospects and education level to be dictated by the amount of money their parents earn, or the level of emotional and holistic support a child receives from their parents.
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Dave Macpherson: The Fox is in the chicken run again!
GOVT APPOINTS DHB & MoH GROUP TO ADVISE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH INQUIRY RECOMMENDATIONS….
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Dave Macpherson: Government’s Mental Health Inquiry report (over)due
With the Government’s delayed Mental Health Inquiry due to report back in the next few days, it’s worth reminding ourselves about the background and issues that forced this move onto the political agenda.
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Hadley Grace Robinson-Lewis Mental Health Vlog
Most individuals who have a mental illness have experienced trauma throughout childhood or adolescence leaving the individual hypervigilant.
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Hadley Grace Robinson-Lewis – Māori inequities in New-Zealand and the westernised health setting
Health professionals have a high level power over vulnerable people and therefore they are deemed responsible for equity in health outcomes, for those that are marginalised in today’s westernised society. People that are marginalised often face unfair cultural stigmatisation and racism. It is crucial that we treat Māori people with kindness, empathy and respect.
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Dave Macpherson: What is it about mental illness that causes the ‘authorities’ to be missing in action?
Missing persons cases cause flurries of action and public conjecture from time to time; searches quite rightly swing into action the moment police and neighbours hear of missing children, or a senior that has disappeared from the local old folks home. But when the missing person is known to be mentally unwell, the concern is muted, and often the action is delayed and ineffective.
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Dave Macpherson – Massive growth in mental health ‘crisis contacts’ – likely to be nationwide
The official response to this foreseeable crisis has been pathetic – a combination of denial and claims that the problems were under control. While former Minister Jonathan ‘Dr Death’ Coleman has now scarpered from Parliament (good riddance), the new Labour Minister of Health David Clark clearly has a hell of a lot of work yet to do to convince us that the mental health crisis is being properly dealt with.
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GUEST VLOG: Hadley Grace Robinson-Lewis – How to become a Registered Nurse
I’m highly passionate about advocating for the mentally ill. My passion for assisting the underprivileged and those experiencing hardships in relation to mental illness has led me to charity work.
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Dave Macpherson – At Last – we hear from Mental Health Commissioner on Suicides….
Not to be put off by the years-long public debate about this country leading youth suicide statistics from the wrong end, Commissioner Kevin Allan has bravely gone where no-one employed by the previous Government had hitherto dared to tread – he has actually (wait for it…) recommended a 10% reduction in suicides target! That’s correct – not zero, not halving it, not even the mild 20% reduction that the current Health Minister suggested while in opposition – but a nice, fat, round 10%.