Data released to RNZ s
Checkpoint under the Official Information Act showed the rate of anti-depressants prescribed to Māori, and Pasifika was up to 34 times less than other ethnicities.
That was despite Māori and Pasifika having higher rates of mental health difficulties.
The data from the Ministry of Health looked at the number of anti-depressants prescribed from 2017-2020.
On average other ethnicities were given antidepressants at eight times the rate of Māori, 34 times the rate of Pasifika and 16 times the rate of Asians.
That was despite research which showed one in three Māori, and one in four Pacific people experienced mental illness compared to one in five for the total population according to the latest mental health report from 2018.
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90 Day Fiance star Angela Deem reveals she has lost 100 pounds since weight-loss surgery
By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 04/21/2021
90 Day Fiance star Angela Deem has revealed she has lost 100 pounds since undergoing five surgeries in the same day.
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Angela, 55, went under the knife in August 2020 and had reportedly dropped between 85 to 90 pounds by mid-March.
Entertainment Tonight in a Monday interview.
Angela said she underwent a gastric sleeve reduction, liposuction on her back, and a breast reduction. The surgeon also addressed two hernias she had and Angela was under general anesthesia for five to six hours. I have more energy, Angela gushed of her new lifestyle. I ve always been confident but I m more confident now than ever! If you can get more confident that I was, I am definitely there.