Community mental health and addiction services

  • Community Mental Health South is an adult (18 to 64) mental health and addiction team, providing assessment and treatment services. They are based in Hastings and Waipukurau.
  • Community Mental Health North is an adult (18 to 64) mental health and addiction team, providing assessment and treatment services. They are based in Napier.
  • Wairoa Community Mental Health is an adult (18 to 64) mental health and addiction team, providing assessment and treatment services. They are based in Wairoa.
  • Springhill Treatment Centre is a residential addictions and mental health service.
  • Wai-o-Rua is a 5 bed residential short stay programme for people, referred by Health New Zealand, for respite (supported time out to rest and re-focu)s.

Mental health services for women and children

Specialist hospital mental health services

Ngā Rau Rākau, the 23 bed Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital was built in 2016 and provides support and care for adults affected by acute mental illness and / or addiction disorders with both day programmes and inpatient hospital care.

Addiction treatment centre

Springhill is a residential addiction treatment centre that provides twelve beds for the rehabilitation of New Zealanders who are experiencing moderate to severe addictions and associated mental health disorders. The centre is part of the continuum of care provided by Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, Te Matau a Māui Hawke's Bay.

Springhill offers an eight-week treatment programme with a multi-disciplinary team providing intensive group work, family/whānau meetings and individual support to assist people’s journey through recovery.

Referrals to the centre must be made via the local addiction service.

Resources and forms

Referral process

  

Referral to the Community mental health and addiction services

Referrals can be received from general practice, social agencies, self-referral and family. The service works across the community with a variety of stakeholders to support people in their recovery from mental health and addiction issues.

 

Referral to Secondary maternal mental health service

Download and complete the referral form (PDF 329KB).

 

Referral to the Springhill addiction treatment centre

Referrals to the centre must be made via the local addiction service.

 

Contact us

Springhill Treatment Centre
Address 42 Morris Street, Napier
Phone 06 873 4896
Email springhill@hbdhb.govt.nz