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Mental health services - rising demand and distancing issues
Nine To Noon
English - April 15, 2020 21:49 - 9 minutes - 9.17 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Lifeline says calls have gone up by a quarter since the lockdown, from the usual number of 10,000 a month, with callers citing anxiety around money, accommodation and relationship pressures. Many mental health services are trying to use video conferencing to interact with existing patients, but what happens when a patient doesn't have internet access? Kathryn talks with Consultant Psychiatrist and University of Otago Senior Lecturer, Professor Christopher Gale and Renee Matthews, clinical manager of Lifeline.