Adult community mental health services — Canterbury
The adult community mental health service provides outpatient assessment, treatment and support services to adults, including urgent and acute care and specialist services.
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Contact us
To access adult community mental health services, contact our single point of entry service:
- freephone: 0800 920 092external link
- email: SPOE@cdhb.health.nzexternal link
The phone line is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for both emergency and non-emergency help. They will help you access the best mental health services for your needs.
To contact one of our teams directly:
- East service, phone: 03 381 1559external link
- North service, phone: 03 363 1950external link
- South service, phone: 03 363 1950external link
- West service, phone: 03 343 0836external link
- Rural service, phone: 03 339 1109external link
- Ashburton service, phone: 03 307 6923external link
Where to find us
The rural and city teams are based at:
Fergusson Building
Hillmorton Hospital
Annex Road South, Middleton
Christchurch, 8024
The Ashburton service is at:
Ashburton Hospital
11 Elizabeth St
Ashburton, 7700
Services we provide
We provide community-based (outpatient) mental health services for people aged 18 to 65 living in Christchurch and surrounding rural areas. We have:
- 4 city-based teams (North, South, East and West)
- a team in Ashburton
- a rural team.