Useful Websites
- Websites about Early Intervention for Psychosis
- General Websites about psychosis
- Sites that provide information on Mental Health
- New Zealand Mental Health Organisations - Government
- New Zealand Mental Health Organisations - NGOs
- New Zealand Professional Associations
- District health Boards
- Youth-friendly organisations to recommend to clients
- Sites developed by consumers
- General sites that provide health information
- Physical health etc. (weight gain, AOD etc.)
- Medical Journals
- New Zealand Government Organisations
- Maori Organisations
- Pacific Island Health
Disclaimer: The Early Intervention Executive Committee is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. The Early Intervention Executive Committee cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and the New Zealand Early Intervention Executive Committee has no control over availability of the linked pages. We recommend that all medical information be carefully reviewed with your healthcare provider.
Websites about Early Intervention for Psychosis
Totara House - Early Intervention website from Totara House in Christchurch.
First episode psychosis service at St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre in Auckland.
IEPA - International Early Psychosis Association. An international network for the study and treatment of early psychosis
Early Psychosis Declaration - an International Consensus Statement about Early Intervention and Recovery for Young People with Early Psychosis.
List of clinics around the world that specialize in early diagnosis and treatment for schizophrenia and psychosis. Also list of resources similar to this one.
Psychosis Sucks. - Fraser South Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Program website in Canada. The title says it all!
HOPE - Helping Overcome Psychosis Early. nifty anagram! EPPIC, eat your heart out... Vancouver/Richmond EPI Early Psychosis Intervention. Contains good resources on psychosis
Get Help Early - This website was developed by Canadian first-episode psychosis youth and parents with the help of dedicated family members who donated their talent, expertise and experience to create a partnership-based early psychosis resource.
Early Psychosis Program - University of Calgary/Foothills Hospital, Alberta, Canada. Includes good resources and information.
Rethink - an overview of the concept of early intervention for psychosis.
Early Psychosis Australia - Early Psychosis Australia is an interactive internet site for Australian Clinicians and Researchers. The site enables virtual networking, enhanced understanding of Australian early psychosis services and developments and acts as a central information point. Every month, the database of resources is updated. If you would like to receive a copy of all of the updates in abstract fomat, enter your details on their site.
Auseinet Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health
EPPIC - the 'spiritual home' of early intervention for psychosis.
The IRIS Initiative - the United Kingdom guidelines for what is required in an early intervention service.
The Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP) is a Canadian early intervention for psychosis service with some useful resources available. Ashok Malla's new service in Montreal is the Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP-Montréal)
The Ontario Working Group on Early Intervention in Psychosis is made up of individuals and organizations that share the goal of developing an effective treatment and support system for the early stages of psychosis.
Family to Family: for first-episode psychosis families- The Canadian Mental Health Association Early Psychosis Intervention project. The project has helped to support the development of a national family newsletter
Website of the Swiss Early Psychosis Project
Asian Early Psychosis Network - An informal network of clinicians and researchers working in early intervention for psychosis and the early course of schizophrenia
TIPS - an early intervention program for psychosis service in Norway
The Early Psychosis Care Guide - provides an overview of practices believed to be optimal in treating and assessing early psychosis.
First
Episode Psychosis - General Audience.
First
Episode Psychosis - Professional.
The First Episode Clinic - in the Center for Cognitive Medicine in the
Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois.
The PRIME Research Clinic specializes
in the early identification of
individuals who are at risk for developing a serious mental illness. It has
a simple 8-item self-survey
that may be of interest
General Websites about psychosis
Reality Check - Australian site with good information on youth mental health.
Ian Chovil's Homepage - experience of schizophrenia over the past thirty-three years, with a description of the illness, and its treatment.
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia - World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders includes information for families and stigma.
Here to Help - this interactive toolkit will help people who already know that they have a mental disorders develop skills to manage their illness on their own.
Speak UP - UK initiative developed specifically to improve mental health services for people aged 16-25.
ISPS -The ISPS draws together individuals who are interested in psychological therapies for psychosis.
kissmeimpsychotic.com - has to be the best website name on the net.
Sites that provide information on Mental Health
The Impact of Mental Illness on Society - The Global Burden of Disease study describes the burden of mental illness on health and productivity in market economies.
Project Atlas
of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (WHO) is designed to
collect, compile and disseminate data on mental health and neurology resources
in the world. Click here for WHO information on Mental
Health in NZ (PDF, 102K) 
Mental Health Matters - was founded to supply information and resources to mental health consumers, professionals, students and supporters.
The World Federation for Mental Health - a non-profit organization working to protect the human rights of those defined as mentally ill.
Mental Health - general guide to mental health issues.
Mental health information from the Institute of Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Rethink.
National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE).
SANE Australia - SANE is a national charity helping people affected by mental illness.
The Royal College of Psychiatry - provides a list of comprehensive resources on mental health problems. Click on 'mental health info' on the home page.
Information from
the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, the South London and Maudsley
NHS Trust and Rethink
This website provides information about schizophrenia, its symptoms, causes
and how to get help. It also contains information for friends and family of
someone with the condition that will help them to provide support and also
take care of their own needs.
Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research - Australasia's society for multi-disciplinary mental health research.
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry site aims to assist parents and families to understand developmental, behavioural, emotional and mental disorders affecting children and young people.
The Mental Health Branch of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services provides Mental health publications on a range of topics.
The home page of the World Health Organization Guide to Mental Health in Primary Care is a guide designed to help primary care clinicians help people suffering from mental ill health.
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research - Information from Professor John McGrath, keynote speaker at the 2006 NZ EIP Training Forum.
The 'Secret Life of the Brain'. This site includes much of the content of the PBS television special the Secret Life of the Brain. The graphics for the action of dopamine and the anatomy of the brain are excellent. Also talks about the impact of drugs on the brain.
New Zealand Mental Health Services Directory website
RANZCP Guidelines - The RANZCP has developed Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) to provide mental health practitioners, consumers, and carers with evidence-based information about six mental illnesses and appropriate treatment options. These are: anorexia nervosa; bipolar disorder; deliberate self harm (youth and adult); depression; panic disorder and agoraphobia; and schizophrenia. For each disorder or condition, two Guidelines have been developed - one for consumers and carers, and one for mental health clinicians (summary and full versions).
Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families (2004)
Schizophrenia:
A Guide for Patients and Families (1999) (PDF, 103K)
Treating depression: the beyondblue guidelines for treating depression in primary care. The Medical Journal of Australia 2002; 176 (10 Suppl): S77-S83.
New Zealand Mental Health Organisations- Government
The National Addiction Centre - a university-based National Centre dedicated to developing and promoting effective interventions for people with alcohol, drug and addiction related problems in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Te Pou is New Zealand's National Centre of Mental Health Research and Workforce Development.
Mental Health Workforce & Development Strategy - to promote a nationally coordinated approach that builds mental health workforce capacity and capability so services meet the recovery needs of adult mental health consumers. Now Te Pou
Mental Health Research and Development Strategy - aim is to use research and development to identify ways that will improve the planning, purchasing and delivery of mental health services in New Zealand. Now Te Pou.
Like Minds, Like Mine - a public health funded project to reduce the stigma of mental illness and the discrimination that people with experience of mental illness face everyday in the community.
New Zealand Mental Health Organisations - NGOs
New Zealand Mental Health Services Directory website - Lifeline Auckland has produced a directory that pulls together the myriad of valuable community resources that are available.
Working Well Supporting employers and managers to create more mentally healthy workplaces in New Zealand
Platform - exists to give voice to the non-government organisations (NGOs) that provide health and disability services in communities throughout New Zealand.
The Richmond Fellowship - Richmond Fellowship is one of the largest providers of specialist community health and support services in New Zealand.
Youth Horizons Youth Horizons is a non-profit organisation providing evidence-based sustainable solutions for family and young people who are at risk of poor outcomes due to complex behavioural and/or mental health needs.
Schizophrenia Fellowship - "...people with serious mental illness are not ill in isolation. Their families, extended whanau, and significant others ... cannot escape being affected. The lives of people with serious mental illness are inextricably linked with the lives of those they love and care for, and those who love and care about them ..." - Mental Health Commission. Schizophrenia Fellowship (NZ) Inc. recognises and aligns with the above statement and is committed to supporting families and whanau. They have a range of books and information sheets available.
Plunket Society - Plunket believes in supporting the development of healthy families.
Parentline - Parentline deals with children who have been sexually, physically or emotionally abused or who are at risk of abuse.
Depression Support Network - provide community support for young people and adults whose lives are affected by the experience of depression. Support is also available for people who are actively supporting a friend or family member who is experiencing depression.
Brainwave Trust - Brainwave is a charitable trust set up to use the scientific research on brain development to enable children in New Zealand to reach their full potential.
Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE)
D.A.R.E - Foundation for New Zealand
NZ Bipolar and Depression Network - the mission of BALANCE is to provide support, education and advocacy to anyone affected by bipolar disorder (manic depression) in New Zealand.
Family and Community Services National Directory - this new Family and Community Services Directory lists programmes, services and resources for families available throughout New Zealand.
Lifeline - national crisis telephone counselling line 0800 543354
Out of the blue : kia marama - a depression awareness campaign site designed to give help in recognising signs of depression and location of treatment information including links to publications. Includes case histories and celebrity support people.
SPINZ - (Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand) SPINZ's purpose is to provide advice to the community on prevention of youth suicide.
New Zealand Professional Associations
New Zealand Psychologists Board
NZ College of Clinical Psychologists
Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
NZ Social Workers Registration Board
Occupational Therapists Board of NZ
NZ Association of Occupational Therapists
NZ Association of Social Workers (ANZASW )
The Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists
Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nursing
District health Boards
Auckland
DHB
Bay
of Plenty DHB
Canterbury
DHB
Capital
& Coast DHB
Counties
- Manukau DHB
Hawkes
Bay DHB
Hutt
Valley DHB
Lakes
DHB
Midcentral
DHB
Nelson-Marlborough
DHB
Northland
DHB
Otago
DHB
South
Canterbury DHB
Southland
DHB
Tairawhiti
DHB
Taranaki
DHB
Waikato
DHB
Wairarapa
DHB
Waitemata
DHB
West
Coast DHB
Whanganui
DHB
Youth-friendly organisations
Urge - NZ youth health site. Urge/Whakamanawa
is a youth (health) and information service designed to
assist young people find useful information or resources to help them regarding
a variety of youth related topics.
DanceSafe - provides health and safety information to members of the music and dance communities
Mindnz - a great new resource about psychosis for New Zealanders.
Headspace - New Zealand site containing information for young people.
Trippin - another New Zealand site containing information for young people.
Youthline "Our vision is that one-day all young people will be supported to reach their potential and be able to reach help if needed on the Youth Help Line." We're a crew of over 800 people scattered throughout New Zealand who are trained to support young people as they make their way through the challenges of today.
RU-OK - self-help for teenagers. Site from the UK.
YoungMinds is a UK national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people.
Sites developed by consumers
Schizophrenia New Zealand site by client with interesting links
Get Help Early - This website was developed by Canadian first-episode psychosis youth and parents with the help of dedicated family members who donated their talent, expertise and experience to create a partnership-based early psychosis resource.
Disclaimer: The Early Intervention Executive Committee is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. The Early Intervention Executive Committee cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and the Early Intervention Executive Committee has no control over availability of the linked pages. We recommend that all medical information be carefully reviewed with your healthcare provider.
General sites that provide health information
DISCERN - a brief questionnaire which provides users with a valid and reliable way of assessing the quality of written information on treatment choices for a health problem.
Health Connection - NZ Health Sector Directory
Healthpages - New Zealand's online health directory. A searchable, comprehensive directory of New Zealand health professionals, both individuals and organisations, available to the general public.
Pubmed - the US National Library of Medicine's search service to access over 11 million citations in Medline and pre-Medline (with links to participating online journals), and other related databases.
Health On the Net Foundation - the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Healthfinder® - an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations.
The National Institutes of Health - an A to Z index of NIH health resource, clinical trials, MedlinePlus and health hotlines.
Everybody - includes guides on various health topics including diagnostic information, treatment options, lifestyle recommendations and details on where to get further support.
Healthfinder - a gateway consumer health information site from the US Government containing links to a large number of Web sites.
Travel Health Links (Medical College of Wisconsin) - list of travel health sites.
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health): Health Topics - an information guide to consumer health resources.
NIH Health Information Page - a single access point to consumers of the health information resources of the US National Institutes of Health.
HealthInsite - Australian Government initiative to provide reliable information on health issues.
Doctor's Guide to Complete Internet Medical Resources
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Canadian Institute for Health Information
US National Center for Health Statistics
WHO World Health Organization - The United Nations public health arm.
Physical Health etc.
Diabetes New Zealand - The first port of call for New Zealanders with diabetes, those at risk and their families.
National Heart Foundation of New Zealand -
FADE - Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education. See especially the pamphlet on Drugs, the Brain and your Mental Health
Drugs of Abuse Information - National Institute of Drug Abuse
Compulsive Gambling Society of NZ - Established in response to the growing need for crisis intervention and treatment for those affected by problem gambling in New Zealand.
Journals
Amedeo - offers weekly literature overviews in scientific medicine. Select a topic, define your favourite journals, and you'll receive the weekly AMEDEO literature newsletters
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Journals of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
The Medical Journal of Australia
The New England Journal of Medicine
Free medical journals - promoting free access to medical journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals - this service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 1934 journals in the directory.
Online Psychiatry Journals
MedlinePlus - this database of health information comes from the world's largest medical library, the US National Library of Medicine.
New Zealand Government Organisations
NZ Government Online - find out all that you need to know about everything that Government has to offer.
New Zealand Ministry of Health
Mental Health Directorate - Ministry of Health, New Zealand.
The New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS) - a group within the Ministry of Health responsible for the collection and dissemination of health-related data.
Medsafe - a website listing information about medications for both consumers and clinicians.
Working Well - building mentally healthy workplaces in Aotearoa.
Health Workforce Advisory Committee (HWAC) - tasked with providing strategic advice to the Minister of Health on the health and disability workforce.
National Health Committee - The National Health Committee was established by statute to advise the Minister of Health on the kinds and relative priorities of public health services, personal health services and disability services that it believes should be publicly funded.
The Ministry of Social Development - Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora, provides strategic social policy advice to the New Zealand Government and provides social services to more than one million New Zealanders.
Te Puna Web Directory - The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa's listing of New Zealand and Pacific Island websites.
Ministry of Youth Development - find out about the policies, programmes, legislation and services that concern young people in New Zealand.
New Zealand hospitals online - list of district health boards, and hospitals, with contact details.
Pharmac - NZ pharmaceutical management agency.
New Zealand Ministry of Health
Office of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner
New Zealand's Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
Health Research Council of New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand - New Zealand government agency responsible for official population statistics.
ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research) - NZ Crown Research Institute specialising in public health.
Maori Organisations
TAKOA - Rua-mano contains more than 2000 listings and includes information on Marae, Iwi, Social Services, Business, Justice, Education, Government, Training, Arts, Health Services and Education Scholarships.
Te Rau Matatini - a national Maori Mental Health development organisation.
Maori Health - This site seeks to provide information About Maori Health and highlight the policies, programmes and people Addressing Maori Health.
Ministry of Maori Development - as the Government's principal adviser on Maori issues, our work aims to improve outcomes for Maori and ensure the quality of government services delivered to Maori.
Maori Health and Disability Workforce Sub-Committee - key tasks are to provide independent advice on Maori health and disability workforce development issues to the Minister of Health in collaboration with HWAC.
Hauora Maori - the National Maori Health Providers Association.
Pacific Island Health
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs - The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs (MPIA) exists to promote the development of Pacific peoples in New Zealand.
Pacific Health Research Centre - the overall objectives of the centre are to undertake culturally appropriate and scientific research and training. The focus is on training of Pacific researchers, information dissemination and the delivery of improved health services to Pacific peoples, while at the same time contributing internationally.
Disclaimer: The Early Intervention Executive Committee is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. The Early Intervention Executive Committee cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and the Early Intervention Executive Committee has no control over availability of the linked pages. We recommend that all medical information be carefully reviewed with your healthcare provider.