NZPsS | Media release: Cutbacks to mental health services in Canterbury

Media release: Cutbacks to mental health services in Canterbury

The New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) is deeply concerned about planned cutbacks to mental health services in Canterbury. Media release: Cutbacks to mental health services in Canterbury .

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May 16, 2017
Child Poverty Action Group and the New Zealand Psychological Society warmly invite you to attend the report launch of Child Poverty and Mental Health:A Literature Review at the Auckland City Mission on 18th May 2017.
Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
City Mission, 140 Hobson Street, Auckland
Register here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ee2ogokh85693336&oseq=&c=&ch=

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Professor Angus Hikairo Macfarlane -Angus Hikairo Macfarlane (Ngati Whakaue) is the Kaihautu of the New Zealand Psychological Society. Professor Macfarlane is the Director of Te Ru Rangahau, the Maori Research Laboratory at the University of Canterbury. His research explores cultural concepts and strategies that influence professional practice.

Quentin Abraham – Quentin Abraham is the current President of the New Zealand Psychological Society. He works in private as an educational psychologist with 26 years’ experience.

Associate Professor Kerry Gibson – Kerry Gibson is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland. She is a clinical psychologist and former President of the New Zealand Psychological Society.

Professor Innes Asher – Innes is a Paediatrician (Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland) and CPAG’s children’s health spokesperson. She chairs the Global Asthma Network. In 2017 she was appointed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to their inaugural Expert Panel on Non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
September 6, 2016
Two new books have been launched at the NZPsS conference in Wellington: Professional Practice of Psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand (3rd edition). Edited by Waikaremoana W. Waitoki, Jacqueline S. Feather, Neville R. Robertson & Julia J. Rucklidge.
And: Te Manu Kai i Te Mātauranga: Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Edited by Waikaremoana W. Waitoki & Michelle Levy.
These books are now available to buy in our book store: http://www.psychology.org.nz/publications-media/book-store/#id=4&cid=884&wid=301

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