Useful Websites

Below is a list of websites that you may find helpful. Please let us know if there others you would like to recommend:

 

Otago District Health Board www.otagodhb.govt.nz

 
Southland District Health Board www.sdhb.govt.nz

 

Central Otago Health Services: http://www.cohinc.org.nz/docs/services.htm

Central Otago Community Mental Health Team: anital@healthotago.co.nz; (03) 449 1011.  For out of hours emergencies phone (03) 474 0999 (Dunedin Hospital) and ask for the Emergency Psychiatric Service. They will contact the Central Otago on-call worker.
 

Mental Health Commission of New Zealand:  www.mhc.govt.nz

 

Ministry of Health:  www.moh.govt.nz

 

Information and resources on depression:  www.depression.org.nz

 

The best website for youth which deals with depression www.thelowdown.co.nz

 

Mental Health Foundation – has wide range of information on different mental illnesses and recovery www.mentalhealth.org.nz

 

Information on psychosis www.mindnz.co.nz

 

Mental health promotion www.mindnet.org.nz

 

Tips on dealing with stress www.headspace.org.nz

 

Information and support for women and their partners on post natal depression www.mothersmatter.co.nz

 

Australian depression support www.beyondblue.org.au

 

Website of leading depression research www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

 

Lifeline www.lifeline.co.nz

 

Youthline www.youthline.co.nz