New e-therapy counselling for youth

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New e-therapy counselling for youth

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The government is introducing an online counselling service, called e-therapy to help youth at risk of suicide

The government is introducing an online counselling service, called e-therapy to help youth at risk of suicide

The government is introducing a new online counselling service, called e-therapy which it hopes will help youth at risk of suicide.

One in five kiwi youth are affected by depression and New Zealand has one of the worst suicide rates in the world - especially among young men.

The move is part of a $62 million package of initiatives aimed at bringing the suicide rate down.

Teenagers will also be targeted through social networking and smartphone technology.

The moves will be reviewed in two years to see if they are working.

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5/04/2012 9:44:36 a.m.

Clarke wrote:

Pathetic policy from the National Party again. E-therapy? for the rich and famous perhaps... but not for the most at risk groups in NZ... children in Lower Socioeconomic areas... with no internet access. Definitely a policy catered to the children of rich overpriveldged kiwis. Not one that will help much at all otheriwse. Another John Key fizzer.