Anxiety: Social anxiety

Most of us at some point may feel self-conscious and anxious during social situations. Perhaps when talking to someone who appears very confident or to the good-looking person at the local coffee shop. However, some people can experience continuous self-consciousness and anxiety before and during social interactions.
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Suicide and grief

In New Zealand about 500 people are lost due to suicide every year. If we estimate that for each death, at least 6 others are closely impacted, we are seeing, each year, a minimum of 3,000 additional people affected.
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Thinking about Puberty

A lot has been said recently about the difficulties adolescents face because the self-control functions of their brains can’t keep pace with their biological drives to explore the world and experiment, resulting in risky behaviours.
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