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Psychotherapist | Author | Broadcaster | Co-host of “The Nutters Club” on NewstalkZB | Director at the Robert Street Clinic | Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa - New Zealand 🇳🇿 💚 | See link to buy my book “Shit Happens”: https://linktr.ee/kylemacd
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GPs and nurse practitioners able to start ADHD treatment from next year www.health.govt.nz/news/gps-and...

The changing marijuana landscape: What you need to know www.apa.org/monitor/2025...

#Aotearoa

Trouble getting out of bed? Signs the ‘winter blues’ may be something more serious

Feel bad about eating? Here’s how to change that | Psyche Guides

Health NZ planned to vacate Segar House before public consultation, emails reveal | RNZ News

Sleep loss rewires the brain for cravings and weight gain – a neurologist explains the science behind the cycle

Health advisory: Artificial intelligence and adolescent well-being www.apa.org/topics/artif...

Is it true that I ‘don’t get angry’? Or am I actually dangerously suppressing it?

Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds

Everyone who uses the word “socialist” has to explain what it means challenge

‘If men couldn’t have sex with me, they didn’t know what to do with me’: Alanis Morissette on addiction, midlife liberation and the predatory 90s

How Do I Tell a Friend She’s No Longer Invited to My Wedding?

What Happened When a Doctor Posed As a Teen for AI Therapy

With tensions escalating around the globe, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by anxiety of what could eventuate. On Sunday's Newstalk ZB "The Nutters Club" we explored how global events affect our mental wellbeing, and discuss ways to regulate our emotions www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/nutte...

Man they botched the press release about ADHD. Only specialist GPs will be able to diagnose, not all GPs. It absolutely won't be a 15 minute appointment.

GPs, nurse practitioners will soon be allowed to diagnose and treat ADHD www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

‘It was real to me’: The AI therapist will see you now

📣📣 Aotearoa, take a bow! 📣📣 🗣 Approximately 131,000 submissions made, 2nd highest ever after the Treaty Principles Bill. I puta te karanga, and Aotearoa, you answered. ❤️✊🏾💯 #NZPol #RSB #ToitūTeTiriti

‘Man cannot stand a meaningless life’ – a conversation with Carl Jung at 84 | Psyche Videos

I’ve written a letter of complaint to the PM regarding Seymour's behaviour. We’ve witnessed him target academics who act as our critic and conscience, and attack public servants for simply doing their job. This is unacceptable.

The 100-Year-Old Psychologist Is Still Listening

And if you just won’t get time to submit before the deadline tomorrow lunchtime, a basic form submission is infinitely better than an acquiescent silence!

The Dying Art We All Depend On

It's hard to express how utterly wrong this statement is.

Probably preaching to the converted saying this here, but remember you don’t have to take a side. War is bad, innocent people die and it’s those least able to stop it that will suffer the most.

Fuck.

This is appalling behaviour by an MP, let alone one that is currently acting PM.

The big idea: should we embrace boredom?

‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’ – why successful rehab for prisoners on remand will be hard to achieve

Cisnormativity impacts core emotional needs of transgender and gender diverse people | BPS

The secret psychology of dogs and cats: do we ever really know what they are thinking?

Has there been any media coverage of the Deputy Prime Minister starting a campaign targeting academics, even though he knows full well that whenever he does that, they experience threats and harassment? Has there been any coverage of the DPM inviting an extremist to headline an upcoming event?

Inertia as Neuroceptive State Beyond the Pathologizing Lens

‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried