Anxiety

Two new books to help children still struggling to manage anxiety after the Canterbury earthquakes are being provided to more than twenty-thousand children for free. Audio

Psychologist Anna Patience talks about the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a model for treating anxiety, a condition up to a quarter of us may have to deal with in our lives. Audio

Vancouver-based writer and journalist Charles Montgomery is a critic of what he calls anti-social planning. Charles says that low-density suburbs where people depend on cars create isolation and… Audio

Las Vegas-based New Zealander who writes for PsychologyToday.com, GOOD magazine, and is the emotions expert for Women's Health Australia. She is the author of The Anxiety Toolkit. Audio

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news; this week tests on a new vaccine for ebola, and studies linking air pollution to stroke and higher anxiety levels. Audio

Anxiety and stress is on the rise among college students and over assessment by schools is being partially blamed. An Education Review Office report has found that over assessment for NCEA can put… Audio

Animal behaviourist Dr Elsa Flint explains why dogs become so anxious when their owners are away, especially at this time of year when they can be separated for some time. Elsa runs Animals with… Audio

The way we think is linked to the quality of our sleep, says Bronwyn Milkins, PhD candidate at the Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion at the University of Western Australia. Audio

Scottish actor (Top of the Lake, My Name is Joe) and director (The Magdalene Sisters, Neds), who is visiting New Zealand for the Big Screen Symposium. Audio

It's estimated one in four people in New Zealand will experience anxiety in their lifetime. Of those many thousands of people, just 30 per cent of cases will be diagnosed and only five per cent will… Audio

We find out why laughter is important in our daily lives and meets a man who begged to be institutionalised before seeking alternative ways to heal from a lifetime of depression and bipolar. Audio

Professor of Public Health at Massey's SHORE and Whariki Research Centre Karen Witten is a co-author of Auckland-based study Kids in the City, which has found attachment-parenting is making children… Audio

Editor of The Atlantic, whose essay, Surviving Anxiety, is adapted from his new book My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind. Audio

Rhea Hurley, veterinarian with a specialist interest in dog behaviour and "Doggy Dan" Abdelnoor, dog and puppy training specialist. Audio

In her book "The Bitterest Pills", psychiatrist and academic Joanna Moncrieff expresses her concerns about how the number of prescriptions for anti-psychotic drugs has rocketed over the past decade. Audio

Joseph Le Doux, Neil McNaughton, Phillip Baker and Marcia Read talk to Sonia Sly about phobias and anxiety in relation to our fears, and whether or not fear and anxiety is passed on in the womb. Audio

Dr Russ Harris is the author of The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling Start Living. Starting off as a GP with a growing interest in mindfulness, Russ Harris has gone on to become an expert in the field… Audio

This week Chris talks to Canadian journalist and author Dan Gardner. Audio

Ideas looks at status and the anxieties that come with it. Audio