Understanding chronic illness for children and young people There are increased rates of chronic illness and disease around the world. When living with a chronic illness, children and young...
What is mental illness? Everyone has mental health, just as we all have physical health. Mental health is best understood as simply our state of mind and well being. Our mental health will...
There may be grief associated with the loss of health that can come with an illness and disability. An illness or disability will alter the way someone is able to live their life, changing ...
Neglect is a form of abuse. It happens when someone with responsibility for providing care and protection for vulnerable individuals, fails to do so. When a child, teen, older person, or an...
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. The symptoms can be very disabling. Schizophrenia is a mental illness which occur...
Are you finding yourself thinking about suicide? If you are concerned about your immediate safety or the safety of someone else – Ring 111 Why do I feel like this? We all experienc...
Sometimes you may have to manage the effects of several losses at the same time, or within a short period of time. When losses pile up, so does the grief. What can we do when lightning ...
For many people a pet is a beloved member of the family and when they die it is a significant loss. They could be a cat, dog, bunny, fish, or guinea pig – but we love our pets. They enrich ...
A brain injury can affect all members of a whanau and wider family circle. A brain injury happens when something has hurt your brain. This can be caused by a serious accident, illness, or o...
Depression is a common illness and needs to be taken seriously. It affects how you feel, the way you think, and the way you act. Depression is more than just feeling a bit down. Feeling str...
We all have times when our ability to sleep is impacted by external factors, or illness. You may not be sleeping well because of stress, travel, illness, or other temporary interruptions to...
When you are a victim of crime you can be affected in many different ways. Emotions such as anger or fear, are common. Sometimes you can feel quite normal for a while, and then things may s...
In your workplace, people may be affected by traumatic situations. A traumatic event or critical incident can happen in the workplace or to employees who are working off site. For example: ...
The death of a child is a heartfelt experience like no other. Children aren't meant to die before their parents. The loss of a child affects parents in an intense way. Some common reactions n...
We are never ready for losing someone and it takes time to adjust, but sometimes we can find ourselves – or someone we know - feeling unable to move forward. Losing a loved one is somethin...
Any kind of death is difficult. A suicide death is sudden, and particularly tough to handle. If you are concerned about your immediate safety or the safety of someone else – Ring 111 ...
Losing your job, for any reason, can be as stressful as losing a loved one. Here you can find different ideas to get you through this challenging time. Having a job is, for most people, mo...
One of the biggest challenges of any illness or disability is coping with the changes, losses and grief that they can bring with them. What can help? A loss of health, mental health, and/or...
As people age, they commonly face many changes and losses. Grieving for these, and adjusting to new circumstances, can be hard. Aging is a normal stage of life, with many gains and thing...
The natural grief process helps us adjust to loss. Delayed grief means the grief process hasn’t started or is stuck. This can be for a variety of reasons. Grief doesn't follow a straight ...