Even well-intentioned behaviour can communicate that someone with depression or anxiety is fragile or somehow disabled. Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains the best ways to respond.

COMMENT: After the news of a father and daughter having an incestuous relationship, it's clear the overwhelming issue is surely one of mental health.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

The DeCinque twins have revealed their diagnosis of body dysmorphia and said they are trying to return to their natural look.

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When Sarah Maindonald began working as a counsellor 24 years ago, she saw teenagers struggling with mental health issues, but barely ever a child.

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Depression is just as dangerous for your heart as obesity and high blood pressure, new research has revealed.

District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.

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Parents who choose single-sex schools do so for many reasons, but a major one is the belief that "boys and girls learn differently."

As long summer days on the beach draw to an end, Kiwis could be forgiven for having a dose of the back-to-work blues.

These infuriating word riddles, otherwise known as dingbats, will put your logistical knowledge to the test.

Researchers call for ban on ban on alcohol sponsorship of sport

Waikato District Health Board is postponing around 500 patients' appointments because of the strike.

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Greg Bruce's wife is a yoga teacher. She thinks him taking it up will change his life. Is she right?

Mental health campaigner tries to get video link removed.

John Hinckley Jr committed one of history's most famous crimes, all for the sake of a desperate delusion. In his mind, it was love.

She's not a hypnotist, but she can convince you that you're a criminal or were traumatised as a child. Elizabeth Loftus has ways of making you think.

Actress Carey Mulligan has urged people to keep close ties with relatives with dementia.

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After working so hard she collapsed, a Kiwi woman became a mental health advocate - she wants to share some tips to help you work life in 2017.

A Christchurch mother who shed 20kg in nine months simply by slashing sugar from her diet is today launching a recipe book to help others.

COMMENT: Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald identifies the most important thing you can do for some battling depression.

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