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Does a child's birth order predict future psychological health?

Although individuals in all birth order positions may suffer problems, the reasons why they do so tend to differ according to their birth position.

5 of the best apps to train your brain

Playing online games that 'train' the brain can help older people to perform significantly better at such everyday tasks.

Everything you do to fight stress is wrong

A new book on stress argues we need to shift our ideas about how to cope with it.

Sleep could be key to tackling mental illness

Findings raise the possibility that sleep disruption may be an important factor in the early diagnosis of individuals with mental illness.

Sudden change of humour could signal dementia - study

Developing a sudden liking for slapstick comedy could herald the onset of dementia up to nine years before the illness is diagnosed.

Woman with dementia left on plane

Eighty-two-year-old woman's four-hour flight turned into 14-hour nightmare.

Binge-watching linked to depression

With its rise in popularity, a team of researchers have set out to review binge-watching's effects.

Let's go softly, softly with kids

My fellow columnist, broadcaster Jack Tame, says of children these days: we are "breeding them too soft".

Future bright for quake baby

Jaxon Kemp Bellve will blow out the candles on his 5th birthday cake on Thursday - a milestone his parents feared he would never celebrate.

The top reason to pursue happiness

A 30-year-long study reveals a pretty major reason to keep smiling.

Comic: My depression fight

Comedienne Sarah Silverman has opened up about her battle with depression, revealing she has been living with the disease since she was a teenager.

Touching pic captures hearts

Young man held hands with a man with cerebral palsy on a crowded bus.

Delevingne reveals depression battle

The model-turned-actress said that she wanted "the world to swallow me up" during her school years.

Scientists say 'runner's high' is like a marijuana high

A new study published this week challenges that notion and puts forth a theory that the 'high' feeling joggers experience can be known as a 'self-produced marijuana'.

Insomnia's new cure: Talking about it

What if curing insomnia was as simple as talking to someone about it?

Women suffering post-sex blues

A good sex life is meant to make you happy. But nearly half of women find themselves feeling sad or tearful after making love, a study claims.

Sharp increase in male suicides

New Zealand's suicide rate has risen for the first time in four years.

ADHD no bar for square peg student

Anna Redgrave discovers her ADHD syndrom during a psychology lecture at university.