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Deborah Hill Cone: Stepping out on the road to virtue

Deborah Hill Cone writes: Are you ready? It's September 29 and ta-dah! Today is the day! I've decided I'm going to be a better person.

Self-harming: One teen's personal tale

Ben Smith started cutting himself when he felt that nobody cared about him. He was only 14.

Rise in teen self-harm stats a paradox

Binge-drinking, violence and suicide are all declining, but our teenagers are enduring an escalating epidemic of self-harm.

DHB errors blasted in patient death findings

Mental health services at two district health boards have been criticised in coroner's rulings after it was found administrative errors played a role in two self-inflicted deaths.

'Teach kids resilience' - Kirwan

Sir John Kirwan's new push: “We teach them maths, English, science, but we don’t actually teach them resilience. I think it has to become part of the curriculum."

'Depression made me a better parent'

His own experience has taught him the importance of simply being available for his kids and willing to listen.

Kirwan's new book: Exclusive extract

An exclusive extract from Stand by Me by Sir John Kirwan, his guide for helping parents and teens around mental health.

Winz shootings: All steps taken to ensure staff safety

Nothing more could have been done to stop the shootings of Ashburton Work and Income staff, the first stage of an independent review has found.

Winz worker's sudden death investigated

The coroner will investigate after a Work and Income employee died six days after two colleagues were murdered in Ashburton.

Pot risk for teens revealed

Teen cannabis smokers are 60 per cent more likely to drop out of high school than their non-smoking peers, and are more likely to use other drugs and attempt suicide.

12 Questions: Judi Clements

No, I honestly wasn't. I decided the best approach was to look at it as a big adventure.

WHO report maps global suicide rates

One person takes their own life every 40 seconds, equating to 803,900 deaths across the world every year, according to the first WHO report on suicide prevention.

You can train yourself to eat healthy food - research

It may be possible to train the brain to prefer healthy low-calorie foods over unhealthy higher-calorie foods, researchers have claimed.

Is narcissism a mental disorder?

I would like to dedicate this article about narcissism to a very special person: me, writes Katy Waldman.

Supplementing the depression fight

Mental health concerns are one of the reasons why people use supplements, but are they really useful? We look at the top five that research suggests really work.

Why I chose to end it all: 85-year-old

A NZ great-grandmother suffering from dementia took her own life with her husband at her side just hours after publishing a moving letter explaining her decision.

1D cure for age unhappiness

Experts on the process of ageing are recommending a dose of One Direction as part of their prescription for a happy and successful old age.

Deborah Cone Hill: Thanks for the help, but others need it more

I'm speechless this week. (Doesn't happen often.) Last week I wrote about how I was suffering from depression.