District Mental Health Services

• Mental illness describes problems that range from minor difficulties to more serious disorders
• Mental illness affects a person’s mood, thinking, perceptions, insight, judgment, understanding and ability to make choices

• There are a number of factors that can influence a person’s mental health, these are: 
• psychological health
• social factors such as having a job
• friends and a valued place in society
• spiritual wellness
• biological health
• Mental illness is also influenced by the complex nature of interactions between human beings and their environment

Mental Health Services

• Mental Health services aim to work alongside the person and their family/whanau to provide treatments that will help the person's recovery from mental illness
• These may be medications and/or talking treatments
• Staff who are working in mental health services aim to support/empower people on their recovery journey

Mental health services aim to provide the following when things are not going well for people

• Provide an assessment
• This involves asking questions about you and your experiences to understand what symptoms you are experiencing and how they are best treated
• Discuss treatment options to help alleviate any symptoms
• This could include taking medication and/or talking therapies (types of counselling treatments)
• May visit you at home or offer respite options for when greater support is needed
• There is also hospital available for when more support is required than what can be offered in the community

Services

• Adult Mental Health Services
• Child, Youth & Family Mental Health Services
• Emergency Care Centre and Psychiatry Liaison
• Service Coordinators

Locations

• 44 Taharoto Road
  Takapuna
  Ph (09) 487 1500

• Waitakere Hospital
  Ph (09) 487 1500
• North Shore Hospital
  Ph (09) 487 1500

• Hibiscus Coast Community Health Centre
  Ph (09) 487 1500

• Warkworth Community Services
  Ph (09) 487 1500

• Helensville District Health Trust
  Ph (09) 487 1500

• Waimarino
  Waitakere
  Ph (09) 487 1500

• After hours, ring the main hospital - contacts for crises can be accessed via this number
  Emergency / Crisis Assessment 24/7 (via CMHT crisis staff and Emergency Care Centre): Ph (09) 486 8900