"The only reason, so I wouldn’t have to deal with mental health services ever again. She is not surprised no gains had been made to address the mental health crisis. "More of doing the same isn't going to deal with these underlying socio-economic issues and social determinants of poor mental health." Waimakariri MP and National mental health spokesperson, Matt Doocey, said there needs to be greater focus on access to mental health services. "There's some long term work where we need to intervene a lot earlier with our young people to ensure they have better mental health and, ultimately, that should reduce mental illness later in life."

Source: Otago Daily Times May 20, 2022 03:06 UTC