Health

Mental health services - rising demand and distancing issues

09:49 am on 16 April 2020

Photo: Public Health Summer School - Otago University

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.

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