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Eating disorders: Endless and horrendous costs for parents who cannot get sick teens into public health system
8 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kiwi parents are paying endless costs for private care for their children with eating disorders. Photo / 123RF stock image
Kiwi parents are paying endless costs for private care for their children with eating disorders. Photo / 123RF stock image
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
Kiwi parents are spending hundreds of dollars a week on private healthcare for their children battling serious eating disorders - unable to get a place in the overloaded public system.
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Warning: This story discusses suicide and depression
A depressed woman whose baby died was denied help from Perinatal Mental Health Services - and other mothers in extreme distress say they can t get treatment via their DHBs or ACC. When suicide remains New Zealand s biggest killer of pregnant women and new mothers, why can t mums get help?
Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod
It is when Sarah is thinking of killing herself that a Maternal Mental Health Service finally agrees to help her.
Despite a history of depression, a difficult pregnancy and a seriously sick baby, mental health services had twice refused to treat her, despite referrals from her midwife and doctor.
Friday, 15 January 2021, 11:51 am
Those facing mental health and wellness challenges in
Hawke’s Bay will have more people to turn to with a new
team of health workers about to start work in the
community.
Ten people have been recruited to work
alongside selected general practice teams as part of a new
service being rolled out by the region’s Primary Health
Organisation, Health Hawke’s Bay. The Integrated Primary
Mental Health Programme is funded by the Hawke’s Bay
District Health Board.
Health Hawke’s Bay Chief
Executive Wayne Woolrich said the new model of care aims to
increase access to and choice of primary mental health,