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If you need help with supporting a family member regarding any issue surrounding mental illness or drugs and alcohol, please do not hesitate to contact us. We're here to help.

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Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

366 Dee Street
Invercargill

Phone: (03) 218 2100
Fax: (03) 218 2104
Free Phone: 0800 494 262

Email: office [at] sfsouthland [dot] org [dot] nz

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Handouts and Seminar Presentations

Alcohol and Other Drugs

Learning about Enabling (122KB)   Part 1 of "Effective Ways to Support People with Addictions"

How Addictions Develop and Setting Boundaries (36KB)   Part 2 of "Effective Ways to Support People with Addictions"

SF Alcohol Drug Forum Presentations June 2010 (178KB)   Brief profiles of organisations working within the sector

Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders (238KB)   Anxiety, how it affects us and what you can do to minimise the impact anxiety can have

Anxiety Presentation (441KB)   Presentation about anxiety, given by Southern District Health Board's Gore Community Mental Health Team

Borderline Personality Disorder

Overview of Borderline Personality Disorders (1103KB)

Carers

Looking After Ourselves as Carers (79KB)

Questions that families may want to ask the Psychiatrist (82KB)

Co-existing problems

Co-existing Problems of Mental Health and Substance Use (354KB)

Legal issues and mental health

The Privacy Act and The Health and Disability Act (77KB)

Medications

Mental Health Medications (41KB)

Stress

Effective Ways to Manage Stress (91KB)

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