America's Cup and Olympic sailor Kevin Hall says losing two testicles to cancer was 'the easy part' compared to living with bipolar disorder.

Requests for help from the Ministry of Education's traumatic incident team are coming in on more than a daily basis.

After the birth of my child, I thought that I would feel so much joy, but instead I'm irritable, worry constantly and feel totally overwhelmed. Is this normal?

A study that track the mental health of 9,000 people over 40 years found consequences of childhood bullying were still significant at the age of 50.

Keith Bremner is out of a coma, but unaware his son Ross killed his mother Clare, then another couple Mona Tuwhangai and Maurice O'Donnell.

Running is often touted as a means of improving one's sense of physical wellbeing - but for a number of Kiwis it's become a way of giving back.

At just 20 years of age Janaya Smith was told she would be dead in six months unless she changed her unhealthy lifestyle.

Two investigations are under way into the suspected suicide of a mental health patient who had fled a psychiatric hospital and was missing for weeks.

Bored at work? Discovering your personality type could be the key to finding the job that's right for you.

A severely autistic teen who has been held in prison for the past five days has been offered temporary accommodation.

A severely autistic young man is being held in prison because disabilty service providers cannot find an alternative place for him to go.

Police shooting in Thames was an unavoidable tragedy, finds Conduct Authority report.

Dame Tariana Turia has accused the Government of spending more money on locking people up than on combating poverty. The former Maori

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From delusions of Paris to mile-high tantrums, travel can do a serious number on your brain

New Zealand needs to provide much better care for the mentally ill, says a man who was rescued from a bid to take his own life.

Bundy the Barber, is taking a run at the Guinness World Record for the most haircuts given in eight hours, as part of fundraising for Movember.

Death rate consistent but still unacceptably high, judge says

A mother who died at the hands of her son will be cremated alongside him and their ashes interred together.

The Chief Ombudsman will investigate the use of seclusion rooms in schools, following reports that locked "time out" rooms had been used to restrain children.

Angela Stone has opened up about her family's history with mental illness and her brother's disappearance.

Months before killing her only child, Evelyn Sen accused her father of sending her to NZ to be sacrificed because she was 'possessed by unclean spirits'.

Otorohanga mother and son Clare and Ross Bremner will be farewelled together on Tuesday.

Maggie meant the world to her mother Evelyn, but in August last year, the person who was meant to protect her would end the 4-year-old's life.

Life sentence for man who kicked and stomped his friend to death.

By now, shouldn't we all be aware of what mental illness looks like? Kyle MacDonald explains why Mental Health Awareness Week, which began on Monday, is crucial.

An Onehunga woman believed 4-year-old daughter was possessed and was being tortured so fed her pills to "save" her.

A mother charged with murdering her 4-year-old daughter at their Auckland home will today face an insanity hearing.

The Prince calls for an end to the stigma surrounding mental health.

The deaths of high profile performers has prompted actors to set a world-first service especially for those in the entertainment industry.