- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – encourages participants to stop avoiding negative thoughts and emotions and accept that these thoughts and emotions are a normal part of life.
- Addiction – an inability to stop using a substance (such as alcohol or illegal drugs) or engaging in a behaviour (such as gambling or excessive exercise) despite negative consequences.
- Advocacy – putting forward views or requests on behalf of another person to reach a desired outcome.
- Autonomy – being independent and not relying on others.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – a form of talk therapy that combines cognitive (thought) therapy with behavioural therapy.
- Delegation – working out who is the best person for a task and giving that person the responsibility to carry it out.
- Meihana model – a mental health assessment and intervention tool that builds on Te Whare Tapa Whā.
- Mental distress – when a person finds the way they are thinking, feeling or reacting becomes difficult, or even impossible, to cope with. Does not meet the threshold of mental illness.
- Mental illness – a specific disorder that a medical professional diagnoses also referred to as a mental health condition.
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) – used when trying to quit smoking, NRT is a medication that supplies a small amount of nicotine, which reduces cravings and some of the effects of withdrawal.
- Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) – a treatment used during opioid withdrawal when the patient is prescribed a less harmful opioid such as methadone, buprenorphine and naloxone.
- Personal plan – outlines how an organisation will support a tangata.
- Role modelling – setting examples and inspiring others by demonstrating ideals, attitudes or actions.
- Self-determination – being able to make decisions that affect your life.
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