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Teens, mental health and social media: 'People don’t understand how toxic it is'

She turned to social media for help with mental illness but fell down a dark rabbit hole.

'Life ended in that instant': Could we have saved 'joyful, bubbly' Cassandra?

More young Kiwis are experiencing serious mental distress. This is one family's story.

With anxiety on the rise, some children try ‘exposure therapy’

New York Times: Young people are following an old dictum: face your fears.

From a racing heart to tingling limbs: The anatomy of a panic attack

New York Times: When your brain is seized by fear your body responds.

'Failing completely': Mental health boss slams Govt reforms; new survey reveals young Kiwis' distress

Survey shows many young adults are struggling with cost of living and other pressures.

Opinion: You don’t need a trip to Fiji to live in the moment - but it helps

Matt Heath's take on the importance of mindfulness.

'I didn't sleep for six nights': Health reporter on battling bipolar disorder

A story written with the hope of helping a least one person feel less alone.

'Huge burden of shame': Actress opens up on ADHD diagnosis

"I thought there was something wrong with me."

Local Focus: Empowering young people with peer support

Piki peer supports mental health by not offering solutions - just listening.

'No options here': Desperate family leaving NZ to get help for self-harming teen

Parents are struggling to get effective support for kids with serious mental conditions.

'Instagram concerns': Coroner probes deaths of Cassandra Fausett, two other young women

Cassandra Fausett's death is one of three 'possibly related' to the social media giant.

Can smartphones help predict suicide?

New York Times: Research project uses smartphones to identify period of danger.

Thousands of distressed teens rushed to ED - is there a better way to help them?

Desperate teens and parents say there's nowhere to go when they're in crisis.

'Enormous gaps': Mental healthcare letting down NZ's youth

There are still some enormous gaps in our mental health care services.

Briefings to Jacinda Ardern show extent of mental health crisis' effect on young Kiwis

More children and teens are experiencing serious distress, but services can't keep up.

Hamish and Kyle: Time for a change

What was wrong with the couches how they were? Why the need to do things differently?

'Life ended in that instant': Could we have saved 'joyful, bubbly' Cassandra?

More young Kiwis are experiencing serious mental distress. This is one family's story.

Great Minds: Our boys and men are struggling mentally

Our happiness editor Matt Heath speaks to social scientist and author Richard Reeves.