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NZ Herald Focus: 18 April 2016
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.

Review sought into mental health services
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.

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

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

Are you causing your child's anxiety?
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.

Mai Chen: Mental health in workplace is new frontier for health and safety
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.

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

Martha Smith: How to cope with a child's autism diagnosis
A mother shares her ordeal and advice since learning her son has autism.

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

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

Steve Tew: 'It's a sensitive topic'
The NZ Rugby CEO says while he feels for former players battling dementia, the obligation is to protect the current generation.

Christina Patterson: How to survive losing your job in mid-life
It can be a soul-destroying ordeal, but you can bounce back.

Polly Gillespie: Why my anxiety diagnosis took too long
POLLY GILLESPIE: I thought I had cancer, or MS. It took years before I discovered the real issue.

How brushing your teeth helps ward off dementia
Remembering to brush your teeth properly every day into old age could help fight dementia, scientists claim.

Premature babies likely to earn less
Children born prematurely do worse at school and earn less as adults than those born at full term, a study found.

Are ADHD kids just immature?
Study finds "developmental immaturity" may be an underlying factor when children are assessed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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

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

Scans pinpoint Alzheimer's before symptoms begin
Regular screening could reassure people suffering mild memory problems that they do not have the disease.

How happy will you be in your 60s?
It's the decade where retirement looms and chronic disease can set in, so what can you expect in the happiness stakes?

Dementia cure just five years away - world expert
'Great strides' have been made in improving scientific understanding of dementia and of the gaps in research.

Does cannabis cause mental illness?
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in Australia, with one in three adults using it at some point in their life.

Editorial: Ten-year plan to give young a better start
Thousands of young New Zealanders face serious challenges in their lives. Ten per cent of them are obese, and nearly a quarter overweight.

'If your child has mental illness, it's your fault' - psychologist
A new book claims parents are the cause of their children's mental health problems.

Concussions' terrifying link to suicide
New study reveals how concussions drastically raise suicide risk.