Resources
ISSC ( Integrated Services for Sensitive Claimants ) availability lists
Integrated Services for Sensitive Claimants - https://isscprovideravailability.co.nz/for-clients/
ACC find a therapist list - https://www.findsupport.co.nz/find-a-therapist/
ANZACATA - Art Therapy - https://anzacata.org/FIND-A-THERAPIST
Common ACC forms
ACC 250 Reimbursement of Client Travel Expenses
ACC 249 Reimbursement of Prescription Costs
NZ Mental Health Services
New Zealand Mental Health Organisation - https://info.health.nz/services-support/mental-health-services/where-to-get-help/<br>
Aotearoa/New Zealand Mental Health Resource Groups
New Zealand Mental Health Organisation - https://mentalhealth.org.nz/groups
Emerge Aotearoa - https://emergeaotearoa.org.nz/ Aotearoa/New Zealand wide
Hearts and Minds - https://heartsandminds.org.nz/ West Auckland area
Ember - Korowai Takitini - https://www.platform.org.nz/members/our-members/view/ember-korowai-takitini/ Aotearoa/New Zealand wide
The Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa Mental Health Association - https://anzmh.asn.au/</p>
Te Pou / Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa/New Zealand - https://www.tepou.co.nz/initiatives/mental-health-first-aid-aotearoa-new-zealand
Changing Minds - https://www.changingminds.org.nz/
Te Whatu Ora Aotearoa - https://info.health.nz/services-support/mental-health-services/where-to-get-help/
Community and Public Health/Te Mana Ora - https://www.cph.co.nz/your-health/mental-illness/
Auckland District Health Board - https://www.adhb.health.nz/our-services/mental-health-and-addictions/
Depression.org.nz - https://www.depression.org.nz/staying-well/embracing-your-identity-and-community
Survivor Sponsorship - Lift a Sister - https://nzempowerme.com/survivor-sponsorship/
Online help
Gloria Masters - Handing the Shame Back https://gloriamasters.com/#/ - https://www.handingtheshameback.org/ - https://www.youtube.com/@handingtheshameback
Tim Fletcher - is a world leading leading expert on trauma and healing from trauma wounds and has hundreds of videos discussing the all the different aspects of trauma and healing. Go to https://www.youtube.com/@TimFletcher
Richard Grannon - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1M89FFkO4BhSrFIrm7EH5w Fortess Mental Health Protection System
https://www.justathought.co.nz/
Dr Jessica Taylor - https://www.drjessicataylor.com
Suggested Reading
ISSUES FACED BY ACC CLAIMANTS, A report written by John Millar and Brittany Peck - https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Issues-Faced-by-ACC-Claimants-Report-by-John-Miller-Law.pdf
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van der Kolk MD
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
From Surviving to Thriving - Pete Walker ( Pete also has a lot of online resources )
Hyperventilation Syndrome - Dinah Bradley
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors - Janina Fisher
When the Body Says No - Gabor Mate
Vegas Nerve, Beginners Guide - Amy Kingswood, also available on Audible
Trauma and Recovery - Judith Herman
What Happened To You - Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Red Flags
- How to Spot Frenemies, Underminers, and Toxic People in Your Life
Here is the webpage for ISSC ( Integrated Services for Sensitive Claimants ) meanings of terminology.
https://www.acc.co.nz/im-injured/issc-glossary/
Some common abbreviations:
BP - Bipolar Disorder
BPD - Borderline Personality Disorder
DID - Dissociative Identity Disorder
DBT - Dialectic Behavioural Therapy
DOI - Date of Injury
EMDR - treatment style also known as tapping (please research for more detail)
FA - Functional Assessment
GAD - Generalised Anxiety Disorder
IA - Independence Allowance
IMA - Initial Medical Assessment
IOA - Initial Occupational Assessment
LOPE - Loss of Potential Earnings
MDD - Major Depressive Disorder
MI - Mental Injury
MICPI - Mental Injury caused by Physical Injury
NLP - Neuro-Linguistic Programming
OIA - Official Information Act
OSDD - Dissociative Disorder otherwise Specified
PA - Psychiatric Assessment
PIC - Permanent Impairment Compensation
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (c is complex)
PWI - Patient Wellbeing Index
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
WC - Weekly Compensation
WHODAS - World Health Organization Disability Assessment Scale
WPI - Whole Person Impairment