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I would say thatthey are the bestneighbours Iveever had. We sharea driveway I sayhello to everybodyand they say hello

back.CAROLE ANDERTON

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WHATS IN SIDE

1 Combating nimbyism

4 2011 Media Grants

5 Like Minds Media Savvy

6 Survey identies sourceso unair treatment

7 Tracking the impact oLike Minds

8 Challenge Trust

9 RETHiNK Grants

10 Rob Callaghan

11 Ange Sampson

12 Egan Bidois bids arewell

Combating nimbyism how to turnear into understanding and supportIn the past, people with disabilities,including mental illness, were oten placed

in institutions and kept separate rom

the community. Institutionalisation wasthe source o a lot o pain, both or those

locked up and also their amily and riends.

In the 1980s and 90s many institutions

were closed and people with experienceo mental illness moved back into thecommunity.

Mostly, communities welcome people withdisabilities and believe they have the right

to live in the community and participate

as ully as everyone else. However, noteveryone has moved with the times and

some still discriminate against people with

experience o mental illness, denying themthe right to choose where to live one o

the most basic human rights.


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provider o community based mental

health and wellness services into the

community. And they have developed

a mutually benecial relationship with

people living in the accommodation.

I would say that they are the bestneighbours Ive ever had, Carole says.

We share a driveway I say hello to

everybody and they say hello back.

Beore Pathways moved in the tenants

were transient. There were loud parties.

I was the only one taking care o the

driveway, [but] now we all work together

to keep the driveway nice.

Carole has been able to share her loveo gardening with the residents and

they have had several working bees

together on the vegetable garden.

I make soup every now and again and

we get together, she says. Ater the

earthquakes we banded together and

shared cups o tea and BBQs. They

have also looked ater our chooks when

weve been away.

Carole admits she did have some

concerns at rst, but says Pathways

went out o its way to allay any

ears they had. To anyone worried

about a residential house or people

with mental illness opening in their

community, Caroles advice would be to

work with the residential manager.

She says it has taken time to build up

good relationships with her neighbours.

When people come in they might bequite sick and walk around with their

heads down. I always smile and say

hello and ater a while people will

smile back and say hello Carole. I have

become very good riends with the

people living there. Being part o a

community takes a bit o condence

and it is all about communicating.

Py b y

Paul Ingle, Pathways Chie

Executive, believes its important

that organisations like his work to

develop good relationships with their

neighbours.

Over 22 years, Pathways has

established services in many

communities across New Zealand,

Paul says. From the outset weve

had neighbours who have elt quite

concerned about the work we do. We

can understand that. Oten its about

people being misinormed, so we see

part o our role as debunking myths

about mental illness.

Paul believes that being open and

honest is key to reassuring neighbours,

particularly in new areas.

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In her book FromPsychiatric Patient

to Citizen, Liz Saycerecommends theollowing approachesto dealing with nimbyism:

Create a positive understanding omental health issues locally.

Become involved in local communityactivities.

Promote positive messages, rather

than waiting or a journalistsapproach.

Find ways or service users tocontribute to the community withoutexpecting them to have to earn theright to live there any more thananyone else.

Reduce local ear by providing acontact number that people can call,and being available.

Have acts and gures ready todispel myths.

Involve service users in discussionswith neighbours i they wish, or inviteneighbours to talk about generalissues with service users romanother area, or with neighboursrom another area who are no longeropposing a project.

Be prepared to listen to reasonablecomplaints and make changes,or example, on acility size orparking arrangements but do notcompromise on key service issues,such as having less than 24 hourstang i needed.

Liz Sayce says,Dont give up orapologise. People

with mental healthproblems have aright to live in thecommunity.


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We talk about our work and who we areas an organisation and we share ourvalues and belies, Paul says.

He says they are careul to respect theprivacy rights o individuals who usetheir service, and preer to developrelationships with individual neighboursin a quiet way.

Neighbours get to meet people whouse our services maybe having a chatover the ence and they realise theyare everyday people too.

Its not about going in with a hiss anda roar and organising a public meetingor anything like that its about theconversations that neighbours haveas they get to know each other and

[eventually] you get to that naturalplace o being there or each other.

Its led to some remarkable andhumbling experiences.

Around 85% o services that wedeliver are to people living in their ownhome in the community, Paul says.

We say to people You may alreadyhave a neighbour with experience omental illness living next door to you

or just down the road, how would youknow? The community is a prettydiverse place.

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2011 NZ MENTAL HEALTH MEDIA GRANTS OP EN NOW WITH $16,000 GRANT POOL

Thanks to support rom the FrozenFunds Charitable Trust and the MentalHealth Commission the NZ MentalHealth Media Grants is pleased to oertwo grants in 2011.

Interested applicants can apply oreither a journalism grant o up to$6,000 OR a photo-journalism projecto up to $10,000.

Proposals or the journalism project

should ocus on ideas that promotemental health and wellbeing.

Proposals or the photo-journalismproject should ocus on ideas orpositive images and stories that refectChristchurch individuals, organisationsand communities working together torebuild their city and fourish again. Thecompleted project will promote ways okeeping well, how to recover in or ater

a crisis and how to support one anotherto change or the better.

These projects enable people withexperience o mental health issues orthose who have an interest or personalconnection with mental health issues touse media (and other orms o publicitysuch as an exhibition or a book) as aplatorm to tell their stories and inorm thepublic about mental health experiences.

It is important that all project proposalsalso increase understanding o, and reduce

stigma and discrimination around, mentaldistress.

Go to www.mediagrants.org.nz or moreinormation and an application pack.Applications close Friday, 7 October.

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The Nutters Club:

Helping nutters

rom the insideout by Mike Kinghas taken thehugely popularNutters Club radioshow on RadioLive and delvedinto key peoples stories.

Some o the stories come rom well-known New Zealanders including Split

Enz bass player Mike Chunn, actressNicola Kawana, comedian couple ChrisBrain and Irene Pink, Carterton MayorGary McPhee and top ashion designerDenise LEstrange-Corbet. The remainingstories come rom other less well-known individuals such as mental healthconsumer and activist Susie Crooks.

Each story describes a dierent issuesuch as depression, alcoholism and

bipolar disorder. There is runningcommentary rom both Mike andAuckland psychiatrist David Codyre(aka The Nutcracker) and the eectis that readers learn a lot about copingmechanisms along the way withoutbeing preached at.

The Nutters Club book reached theTop 20 list at The Warehouse on 1 June2011. It is published by Random House

New Zealand and retails or $39.95.Read the book review:www.mentalhealth.org.nz/page/934-e-bulletin+the-nutters-club-book-review

THE N U TTE RS C LU BBY MI KE KI N G

THE AME RICAN P SYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONA ND A NOIKS IS LOOK F OR NE W NA ME F ORS CH IZ OPH RE NIA

Like Minds, Like Mine recently launched Media Savvy, a seven-part online seriestaking an inside look at the media and how organisations working within mental healthcan better tell their stories. Each episode is between ve and seven minutes in lengthand interviews experienced journalists, media practitioners and producers on whatmakes a good story and how newsrooms work. The series eatures: Print:K W, award-winning writer or the Dominion Post Radio:Jy W, Newstalk ZB breakast sub-editor Internet:Sy M, Co-editor, Scoop.co.nz Morimedia:M E, Reporter, Native Aairs/Te Kea Pacicmedia:S S, Producer, Tagata Pasifka

Television:Rb Hy, investigative journalist Handlingthemedia:Sv A, Communications Manager, Families CommissionVisit the Like Minds website today to view the Media Savvy serieswww.likeminds.org.nz/page/258-media-savvy

LIKE MINDS MEDIA SAVVY

Anoiksis (Greek or An Open Mind) is the Dutch association o and or people with

a susceptibility to psychosis, schizophrenia. Anoiksis is campaigning or a modestchange in the name o the disorder. The new name is suggested as Schizophrenia(Bleulers Syndrome) with the second part in parentheses rather than a completeabolition o the term schizophrenia.

According to Bill George at Anoiksis, this would shit the emphasis away romsymptoms o hallucinations and delusions towards the symptoms o eeling unwell,lack o energy, drive, motivation and clarity o thought processes.

In response to a submission by Anoiksis, Dr Will Carpenter, chair o the AmericanPsychiatric Associations DSM-5 Psychosis Syndromes Work Group, commentedthat a shit in the direction o Anoiksis suggestion or a new name Schizophrenia

(Bleulers Syndrome) would be perhaps a shit in the right direction.In order to urther international discussion, Dr. Carpenter has reerred Anoiksisproposal to the World Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization.Anoiksis points out that the consumer movement and their amilies should also beconsulted, and Dr Carpenter agrees this needs to be done.

For more inormation, read Anoiksis arguments www.anoiksis.nl/content/open-submission-apa-re-dsm-5 OR contact Bill George [email protected] Feedback iswelcome.

RISE GRANTS 2011 A PPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

RISE is an exciting grants programmeor young New Zealanders. Youngpeople understand the challenges thatace other young people better than

anyone else. The RISE programmesupports youth led projects that helpto reduce stigma and discriminationand promote good mental health andwellbeing to other young people.

Projects can ocus on positive bodyimage, give a voice to struggles, oranything that spreads a positivemessage and teaches other young

people about youth mental health.I youre 20 years o age or under, youcan get up to $1000 (or individuals),or up to $5000 (or groups) or yourproject.

Go towww.rise.org.nz or moreinormation. Have a look at completedRISE projectswww.rise.org.nz/?t=470.Join us on Facebook

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I think the work that has been

done to make the public more

aware o mental health problemsis amazing. It has allowed me to

be more open in telling people

my story and has helped me

make people I know that were

araid o admitting something

is wrong to seek help (Surveyrespondent)

In 2010, Phoenix Research undertook

a survey to measure the levels o unairtreatment experienced by a randomsample o New Zealand users o DistrictHealth Board mental health services.The survey was a rst.

Qualitative research into unairtreatment experienced by mentalhealth service users has beenconducted in the past. However, this isthe rst survey that has established abenchmark against which changes canbe assessed over time.

More than 1100 service userscompleted the questionnaire by mail,phone or online. The group included 225Mori,196Pacic,152Asianand90young people (16 to 24 year olds).

Survey respondents came rom a widerange o experiences o mental healthservices. Some had been using mental

health services only within the last 12months, whereas others had been usingservices or much longer.

A total o 41 tick-box questions wereasked in the survey. The questions weredivided into six sections and 26 itemswere surveyed in relation to unairtreatment.

Items included unair treatment by youramily, in your social lie, and in nding

a job through to unair treatment bymental health sta, by people in yourneighbourhood, in education, by thepolice or your doctor, or when shopping.

Survey identifes sources o unair treatmentSvy

89% o those who responded reported

at least a little unair treatment inthe previous 12 months because omental health problems. And 70% hadexperienced at least one instance omoderate or a lot o unair treatment.

Overall, the top 10 sources o unairtreatment people experienced were:

1. By their amilies

2. Being avoided by people who knewthey had a mental health problem

3. In making or keeping riends4. In their social lives

5. In dating or intimate relationships

6. In their personal saety and security

7. In nding a job

8. In getting benets/help rom WINZ

9. By mental health sta

10. In marriage or divorce.

The survey also asked about beingtreated more positively because o their

mental health problems on the ollowingve items:

By their amily

In getting benets/help rom WINZ

In their housing/accommodation

In their religious activities

In paid employment (includingobtaining jobs and suitable workingconditions).

79% o service users reported at least

a little on at least one o the ve itemsand 58% either moderate or a lot.

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The survey supported previousqualitative research that service usersexperience the most negative andpositive treatment rom their amilies.

There were more people reportingpositive treatment by amily (40%), thanthere were reporting negative treatment(30%). Some reported both.

This is because amily are the groupservice users spend the most time withand with whom they have the closestrelationships, says Judi Clements, ChieExecutive, Mental Health Foundation,so there is more opportunity to betreated both airly and unairly.

The higher levels o positive treatmentindicates amily members are keen tobe supportive o those in their livesexperiencing mental distress and aredoing positive things.

T y b bDr Allan Wyllie, lead author o thereport notes that, The survey ndingsneed to be interpreted in conjunctionwith qualitative ndings.

There are written comments at theend o the survey that provide somesense o the real story behind thenumbers.

He adds that while the primary ocus othe survey was on negative treatment,it is important to acknowledge,over hal o service users noted animprovement in the overall level ounair treatment over the last veyears.

There were also 42% who thoughtunair treatment by mental health stahad improved over the last ve years.

Another 42% had been able to use theirpersonal skills or abilities in coping withstigma and discrimination and overtwo thirds acknowledged the positiveimpact o the Like Minds programme,with almost hal saying it had assistedeither a lot or moderately in reducingunair treatment.

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Tracking the impacto the Like Minds programme

The latest annual tracking

survey ocused on evaluating

the Like Minds national media

campaign.

There have been annual surveyssince 2000 that either establishbenchmarking, or measure the changesin awareness, attitudes, and supportivebehaviours and assess the impacts o

the dierent phases o the campaign.Currently we are in Phase 5 o the LikeMinds advertising campaign, whicheatures people with experience omental illness and their riends/amilydiscussing how to be supportive opeople experiencing mental illness.

The task o Phase 5 is to continue toreduce discrimination and providesupport or recovery by:

Increasing peoples understandingthat their behaviour can bediscriminatory.

Reinorcing recovery is possible andmore likely with support.

Show positive behaviour or thepublic to model and concurrentlyacknowledge some o the challenges.

Provide people with the skills totake the step orward and support

someone experiencing mental illness.Dr Allan Wyllie, Director o SocialResearch at Phoenix Research, saysthe key points to take rom the resultso the 11th survey include signicantchanges or Pacic peoples.

Pacic peoples had sevensignicant improvements on theattitude statements and indicationso improvements on ve other

statements, he says.

And when you look at the long picturerom the rst survey until now, you can

seethatovertimeMoriandPacicpeople have shown more improvementthan the general population.

One o the contributors to this is likelytobehavingMoriandPacicpeoplesharing their experiences in the LikeMinds ads. It makes a dierence to the

responseofMoriandPacicpeoplei they are eatured in the ads. This isvery positive, in terms o improving thehealth status o these two groups.

Allan says that other notable changessince survey one has been an increasingimprovement in the attitudes o men,and some changes in the attitudes oyouth.

Changes identied since Phase 5 beganincluded:

A 6% overall increase indisagreement that Providing supportto someone living with a mentalillness would be dicult.

A 6% overall increase indisagreement that People withmental illness need to just stopeeling sorry or themselves. ForPacic peoples this was a 14%

increase in disagreement.

Phoenix Research identied that thecampaign to date has created a more

accepting environment or people withexperience o mental illness.

However, Allan says that social changeprogrammes do need decades ocommitment and progress is madeslowly.

The campaign is not currently ata point where the programme hassucient momentum o its own thatit can continue to make gains, or evenmaintain the status quo, withoutadvertising.

There is still a strong need or thisprogramme and or an advertisingcampaign that is supported by LikeMinds community level initiatives, orthe greatest eectiveness, he says.

Although there is still work to be done,we mustnt orget the incrementalimpact o the programme over the past12 years and the numerous successeso the programme to date.

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The Auckland Like Minds team havedeveloped a train the trainer packageor mental health service provider,Challenge Trust, so they can supportraising awareness about stigma anddiscrimination, and how to handle it.

Tina Helm and Shona Clarke workas mental health promoters withinthe Auckland Like Minds programme

at the Mental Health Foundation.They approach their work rom theperspective that everybody has aresponsibility or ensuring the anti-discrimination messages reach everypart o the communities we live in.

This involves working across allsectors o the New Zealand populationwith government agencies, localgovernment, NGOs, community

organisations and health serviceproviders.

The key elements o our work ocus onsocial inclusion, removing barriers torecovery and improving environments,Tina says.

The opportunity with Challenge Trustarose rom an initial stigma anddiscrimination workshop Tina did withthem. Aterwards, two o the stasaid stigma and discrimination weresomething they elt strongly about,and wanted to do more to supportpromoting the right message.

We all agreed that it would be antastici they were trained up to be thetrainers themselves with our support,says Tina. So, with the support ocolleagues, Tina put together a trainthe trainer package, which included the

basics o acilitation.

Both new Challenge Trust trainers havepersonal experience o mental distress

and were thereore able to bring this to

the training, which works to empower

mental health consumers.

Tina went to the rst training session

they held with other Challenge Trust

employees. The eedback has been

very, very positive, she says.

These trained internal acilitators have

since gone on to carry out 11 one-day

workshops and are now able to share

their knowledge and passion with all o

the Challenge Trust sta.

The Like Minds team continues to

support them and has evaluated theirwork every step o the way, using pre

and post workshop questionnaires.

Shona says they know they are making

a dierence when they see other

people go on to share the

anti-discrimination message, or

take action to reduce stigma and

discrimination or people with

experience o mental illness.

She believes, Measuring multiple

strategies at multiple levels with

multiple people in multiple contexts

is what we need to do to ensure weremaking a dierence.

Their work continues to broaden. Weare currently working on promoting

the train the trainer package to othermental health organisations, so thatthey can do their own internal trainingwith our support, Tina says.

We know we are making a dierencewhen people, groups and organisationsshare their concerns with others andaddress unjust situations, Shona says.

By working together, we can eectivelypromote the anti-discrimination

message and infuence social andpolitical issues to actively addressdeeper causes o inequalities.

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RETHiNK Grants the 2011 line upIn no particular order, the recipients o this years Rethink Grants (www.rethinkgrant.co.nz) are:

Christian Jensen reTHiNK Possible

Worlds: YouTube Competition

The project kicked o on 22 July with

the launch o the Youtube Competition

and culminates on 14 & 15 October

with The Literattis fnal staging o

their multimedia collaborative show,

reTHiNK Possible Worlds.

There are certain moments

throughout our lives that challenge our

perspectives and the way we relate to

the world. The competition asked youto share your perspective o mental

unwellness. What made you rethink and

ollow your best possible world?

This campaign was open to anyone and

everyone go to www.theliteratti.com

or email [email protected]

more inormation. Winners get a chance

to see their short flm screened with

the grand prize donated by 2Degrees

Mobile.

David Deveraux-Kelly In your own words

In Your Own Words brings brand new

technology to New Zealand shores.

The 3M digital screens are only a ew

millimetres thick and can be cut into

any shape or a completely interactive

viewing experience. Think Star-Trek

Holograms meets Banksy-Grafti art.

David will be collaborating with others

to produce content that challengespedestrians to shit their attitudes and

take part in social change associated

with mental unwellness.

For more inormation contact

David Deveraux-Kelly on email:

[email protected]

And visit http://tiny.cc/screen_demo

to view a sample o what these screens

can do.

Jim Marbrook Mental Notes

They had benign names like Cherry

Farm, Seaview and Sunnyside, but or

many they were simply known as the

Bins. These old psych hospitals housed

thousands o patients and long-term

residents in a world o back wards, ECTtrolleys and seclusion rooms.

Mental Notes is the story o fve

survivors rom the Bins. It is the

sad, irreverent, heart-wrenching and

sometimes unny portrait o a unique

group o people who are coming to

grips with a past that is difcult or

many o us to imagine today.

This 73-minute flm is produced and

directed by Jim Marbrook and edited byPrisca Bouchet.

Email [email protected] or more

inormation.

By Cate Hennessy, Miriam Barr

Like Minds Wellington is delighted

to announce the winners o the

inaugural Like Minds Wellington Film

Competition. The competition called

or short flms rom 30 seconds to

two minutes long exploring the themeBe there. Stay involved with people

experiencing mental illness.

The 2011 Like Minds Wellywood winners

Winners are:

General:1s pz K Mdsn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8A7ozg9gM

2nd pz Ros Pson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhqDwQRAIgo

Hghy Commndd Pu Jmsonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVAN_69b9zk

Youth:1s Pz Bn Wson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GawBL1nl8o

Please check out the flms and i you love them as much as we do, share them onFacebook.

By Ruth Jackson

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Comedian Rob Callaghanhas turned his experience

o bipolar disorder intomaterial or his stand-uproutine. Rob perormedat the Like MindsNational Seminar in Apriland had the audiencein ts o laughter andalso a ew tears with his

hilarious and brutallyhonest account o hisexperiences.Rob started out as a comedian in

Auckland in the 1990s when he went

along to Kitty OBriens open mike night

and that was it. Rob was hooked.

It was awul, Rob says about his rst

gig, I was so nervous that thats whatpeople were laughing at. Rob worked

some more on his material and started

landing paying gigs.

Then the Classic opened its doors, a

club dedicated to comedy ve nights a

week. It was like a second home when

it rst opened as there was only about

20 comics who worked there then the

likes o Rhys Derby and that ilk, says

Rob.

He ound himsel to be a successul

comedian, making a living as an extra,

actor, voice over artist and stand-up

comedian.

However, this changed when his ather

died suddenly on the day o Robs

wedding. A double blow or Rob was

realising that his amily and new wie

had kept details o his athers ill healthrom him. Grie and eelings o betrayal

turned into an experience o mania later

diagnosed as bipolar disorder.

I stopped editing what I was saying,says Rob, I started talking black andwhite truths. Something clicks in thebrain where you just dont have theenergy to censor. It eels like the worldturns against you. I didnt trust anyone.People assumed I was on P because omy behaviour. At the time I had aboutour agents dealing with dierentaspects o my work. They stoppedanswering my calls. They dropped melike a ton o bricks.

Rob believes that his experience was notnormal but thinks it was understandable.Normal is not a word that should beassociated with humans at all. Its aword to describe numbers. I think havinga breakdown or whatever is a naturalreaction. Its just that society cant dealwith it. They cant deal with big lumps oemotion. I was right to be uriously angryabout what happened with my athersdeath. To be locked up, incarcerated with

a bunch o strangers orcing drugs on mewas not the way to deal with it.

Rob developed an hour-long showtaking people through the journey owhat it was like being a successulstand-up comedian and experiencingmental illness.

Everything I experience I try to ndsomething in it to cheer me up. I haveto nd some light in it all. I think o it

as an amazing journey almost as anunbelievable journey. I thought Oh mygod did I really think that was real?

It was important or me to get themessage out that this is what thebrain is capable o. I thought it neededexplaining.

I want to educate people. I think a loto people are under the impression that

the mental health system is like somesort o Victorian system like One FlewOver the Cuckoos Nest. I think they sayYoure like that. Thats happened and

youre like that orever, but that is notthe case.

People need to be listened to andunderstood and given some respect orwhat they are going through.

Rob believes talking about hisexperiences in the mental health systemdoes give his comedy routine an edge.

I think my experience gives me aunique perspective. The reactions I get

are 1000-old compared to my pre-mad days.

Weve all been in a bank and an airport,but very ew people go inside a mentalinstitution. Its something people dowant to know more about. Theres beenmore public interest since Ive startedtalking about mental health. Laughingabout it is good. It breaks down thestigma around it.

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21-year-old AngeSampson is a woman

on a mission. Shesdetermined to link NewZealand youth withexperience o mentalillness in the best wayshe knows how throughpositive action.

Ange was diagnosed with depression

(and later anxiety) when she was 18,

just ater she nished high school. I

remember that when I was at school,

teachers wanted to help me, but they

didnt really know what to do and

sometimes it became awkward, she

says.

At that time none o us knew I had

depression, all we knew was that I was

experiencing diculties crying during

practice exams and not handing in

assignments.

Ange has been working through her

mental illness or the past three years

and says it is her anxiety, rather than

her depression, that creates the bigger

challenge.

Shes ound that there is a huge

shortage o inormation about mental

illness or young people (1625 years),especially inormation that she thinks

they would want to pick up and read.

For people my age that means i you

are experiencing mental distress, you

might think it is not an issue or young

people and that you are the only one

experiencing mental health issues.

Feeling alone is what prompted her

to start developing the Someone LikeMe group with the support o the

Mental Health Foundations southern

oce.

Foundation mental health promoterSteve Carter says Anges dedication tothe group is extraordinary.

Ange is determined to build on our 2010Like Minds youth research project andtake action to support youth, he says.

In a short time Someone Like Me hasalready made a signicant impact,developing a orward-thinking actionplan, presenting at conerences and

community hui and getting involved inthe local Canterbury consumer networks.

Someone Like Me has also created aYouTube account so that members canshare their stories by video and link toother good mental health videos thatocus on youth issues like drugs andgender identity.

Ange and the work she has done tobuild Someone Like Me is a perect

example o how young people whengiven the opportunity and trust to buildon their own passions and skills will bethe drivers o change and can fourishas the potential leaders o tomorrow,Steve says.

Ange believes it is critical that youngpeople eel comortable talking abouttheir mental illness.

I you cant talk about it, you eel lostand conused, she says. I you canconnect with others, though, you realiseyou are not alone.

According to Ange, discriminationis closely linked to a lack ounderstanding about what mentalillness is and how people can help. Iyou are the person watching the personexperiencing mental distress, then youdont know what they are thinking, orwhat is going on the young persondoesnt know what is happening to themeither and you both end up eelingconused.

Sometimes the simplest things helpthe most, she says. One thing my nanadid was getting me physically active inthe Christmas holidays ater I had beendiagnosed. It made me eel better, andgave me something to do.

You dont have to go out o your way,you just have to be available or a chatwhen they are ready, and say so. Dontexpect changes too soon. It can oten

take a long time or people to recoverrom mental illness. Be patient.

Ange would like to hear rom otheryoung people with experience o mentalillness who are interested in connectingvia social media to share their stories.

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Edited by The Mental Health Foundation. Like Minds, Like Mine and Kites Trust. Contributors Miriam Barr, Shona Clarke, Tina Helm, Cate Hennessy,Ruth Jackson, Aaron Woolley, Allan Wyllie. Design Rose @ Kratwork.Prepress Toolbox Imaging. Printing ThePrintRoom.Distribution Maxi Marketing. All correspondence and editorial contributions should be sent to Like Minds, Like Mine, Mental Health Foundation,PO Box 10051, Dominion Rd, Auckland 1446.

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Acknowledgements to all the many leaders oyesterday, today and tomorrow.

Most humble thanks to all who have supported me withinmy mahi or our collective kaupapa. While I may have

moved on to other mahi it is merely a move sidewayswithin the wider kaupapa o supporting our ellowtangata whaiora. Know always that I still walk alongsideyou and will be there to support you whenever andwherever needed.

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Kaua e mataku he Rangatira koe! Be not araid youare a Chie!

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Like Minds thanks departingcolleagueEganBidois(NgtiRanginui,NgiTeRangiand

Te Arawa) in his role as ormerChair and Deputy Chair oTeRoopurahi(theMoriCaucus).

Egans role with the caucusspans our years during which time hes also been heavilyinvolved in all aspects o the Like Minds programme.

He has contributed to the Like Minds iwi radio advertisingcampaignandproducedvaluableMoriDVDresources.Hehas supported Like Minds research Walk a Mile in Our Shoesand Fighting Shadows in his capacity as an individual withexperience o mental illness. He has also added his expertiseiniwiconsultationsandkaupapaMoriresearchprocessesto develop the Like Minds Morifoundationdocument,HeKkano Rangitea He Kete Mtaurangawww.mentalhealth.org.nz/le/MindNet/Issue-18/rangiatea.pd

Egan is passionate about mental health and has worked inthe mental health sector or more than 15 years. Hes beenemployedbykaupapaMoriandmainstreamNGOsasasupport worker, community consult liaison, cultural trainer

and researcher. Hes also a board member/trustee/advisoro numerous other tangata whaiora/consumer organisations,committees and ocus groups locally, regionally and nationally.

During his time with Te Roopu rahi, Egan advocated or ALLMoritangatawhaioraonanationallevelandadvisedLikeMinds, Like Mine, the Mental Health Commission, MentalHealthFoundationandMinistryofHealthaboutMoritangata whaiora issues.

We congratulate Egan on his new role as Manager o OasisNetwork Incorporatedhttp://oasisnetwork.wordpress.comand we will miss his valuable contribution to Te Roopu rahi.
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