COMMENT: Understandably, some Cantabrians are feeling emotionally exhausted and worn out and are finding it hard to cope, writes Hugh Norriss.

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Aucklanders are being pushed out of their own housing market and are responsible for one in five house sales in cities including Hamilton, Whangarei and Tauranga.

The Green Party is demanding further investigation of mental health services in the wake of what it calls a "damning review" of the Waikato District Health Board's psychiatric care.

OPINION: Kyle MacDonald talks through the tips to improve our ability to pay attention to a partner and express empathy for their concerns.

Considering therapy? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald discusses common attachment concerns and the often asked question, can therapy make you more crazy?

OPINION: Kids have it hard these days. It doesn't seem like it when they're playing on their $500 tech gadgets, but they do.

The new Health and Safety at Work Act, which comes into force today, expressly provides for mental health issues in an increasingly stressed-out and competitive workplace, writes Mai Chen.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald looks at the changing nature of bullying and the roles we all have the potential to play.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald offers practical ways to help someone you care about who may be in a state of denial.

Stressed-out mental health workers in Christchurch are expected to benefit from a $20 million government cash injection.

New Zealand Rugby - while sympathetic and moved by the plight of former players battling dementia - says its obligation is to protect the current generation.

The NZ Rugby CEO says while he feels for former players battling dementia, the obligation is to protect the current generation.

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POLLY GILLESPIE: I thought I had cancer, or MS. It took years before I discovered the real issue.

Kylie Jenner suffers from anxiety when she's not working.

Remembering to brush your teeth properly every day into old age could help fight dementia, scientists claim.

Despite all the attention depression receives these days, it can be really hard to spot.

Study finds "developmental immaturity" may be an underlying factor when children are assessed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

And here's what they do to your brain.

Psychological research on persuasion and self-control suggests some strategies to help you resist insidious pull of online distractions.

A device that sends an electric current into nerve fibres found in the ears could help millions of people with depression.

Regular screening could reassure people suffering mild memory problems that they do not have the disease.

It's the decade where retirement looms and chronic disease can set in, so what can you expect in the happiness stakes?

'Great strides' have been made in improving scientific understanding of dementia and of the gaps in research.

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in Australia, with one in three adults using it at some point in their life.

Thousands of young New Zealanders face serious challenges in their lives. Ten per cent of them are obese, and nearly a quarter overweight.

A new book claims parents are the cause of their children's mental health problems.