Depression information

• New Zealand site aimed at helping youth understand depression – www.thelowdown.co.nz
• New Zealand site using John Kirwan to navigate you through various aspects of depression www.depression.org.nz
• Australian organisation providing information about depression to consumers, carers and health professionals – www.beyondblue.org.au

Depression and anxiety practical help

• Helpful podcasts on meditation and relaxation can be found at Computer assisted learning for the mind (CALM) – www.calm.auckland.ac.nz/index.html
•  Extremely useful Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) workbooks on depression, anxiety, worrying, improving assertiveness, reducing procrastination and perfectionism can be found here — www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/consumers.cfm
• John Kirwan provides a friendly enthusiastic guide through depression assisted by experts. Join the programme here – www.depression.org.nz

Mindfulness

•  Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Clinic based at the Medical School of Massachusetts University. This is a great site to find research about mindfulness – www.umassmed.edu/content.aspx?id=41252
• Two clinicians in Auckland providing 8 week courses on mindfulness based stress reduction – www.mindfulnessauckland.co.nz

Positive psychology sites

• Martin Seligman’s sites (Author of “Authentic happiness” and founder of positive psychology) – www.authentichappiness.org & www.reflectivehappiness.com
• Barbara Fredrickson’s (Author of “positivity”) companion website – www.positivityratio.com
• The Positive Psychology Center Website – www.positivepsychology.org
• Random Acts of Kindness Foundation – www.actsofkindness.org
• Julie Norem’s The Positive Power of Negative Thinking: Using Defensive Pessimism to Harness Anxiety and Perform at Your Peak – www.defensivepessimism.com
• Interesting talks on positive psychology – www.ted.com Look up Martin Seligman, Dan Gilbert, Barry Schwartz, Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, Shawn Achor

Mental Health

• New Zealand Health Online: www.nzhealth.co.nz
• Mental Health Foundation: www.mentalhealth.org.nz
• For young people:  www.headspace.org.nz

NZ Psychology sites

• The New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists – www.nzccp.co.nz
• The New Zealand Psychological Society – www.psychology.org.nz
• The New Zealand Psychologists Board – www.psychologistsboard.org.nz