Civil Defence stung by minister’s criticism. https://t.co/1ttThnAaET pic.twitter.com/vFq71bCXX4 — RNZ (@radionz) February 16, 2017 Hearing the Civil Defence Minister criticise the response to the Port Hills fire “does nothing for the engagement of volunteers”, Canterbury’s civil defence controller says. The minister, Gerry Brownlee, has criticised how long it took forContinue Reading

Love isn't one-size-fits-all, but these 10 guidelines can help you build deeper, more lasting relationships. https://t.co/APwsVauNmN #love — Psychology Today (@PsychToday) February 15, 2017 1. Never invalidate or erase the personal reality of someone you love. Every one of us counts on our partner supporting and validating the way weContinue Reading

Loneliness Might Be More Complicated Than We Thought https://t.co/NUutK4FOCr #mhsm #mentalhealth pic.twitter.com/8004suJnHc — PsychCentral (@PsychCentral) February 14, 2017 In particular, lonely people who have more social support tend to be less stressed. Now, yes, it might sound obvious that social support protects against some of the negative effects of loneliness,Continue Reading

http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/mental-health-social-phobia-psychotherapy-may-help-you-4512326/ Treating patients suffering from a social phobia with a form of psychotherapy may remove impairments in the key brain structures that are involved in the processing and regulating emotions, researchers suggested. This may be paired with a form of medication to give anxiety a double hit, either by usingContinue Reading

“The thing we learned is how to deal with violence.” https://t.co/RFBLqiWDxe pic.twitter.com/q6BaRhjks3 — RNZ (@radionz) February 13, 2017 “They’d lock them up in the isolation cells in an octagonal building with eight cells. The kids would be put in those isolation cells for anything up to three months. Some ofContinue Reading

Women will soon be able to buy contraceptive pills over the counter at pharmacies, without a doctor's prescription. https://t.co/xBM1m4i56A — RNZ (@radionz) February 13, 2017 Medicine regulatory authority Medsafe is changing the classification of some oral contraceptives from prescription to restricted medicines. Medsafe group manager Chris James said to beContinue Reading