What makes people feel that they're at risk of losing someone, even when another part of them knows it isn't real? Psychotherapist Kyle Macdonald explains.

A mother humiliated over her children's bad behaviour by a fellow supermarket shopper has posted a heartbreaking open letter on Facebook.

Retraining the brain to beat stress is the key to losing weight and keeping it off, a leading Australian neuroscientist says.

Many older people in leaky homes are still struggling financially and physically with the ongoing saga, a new study has found.

School aged children don't know Mike King as the funny man, he's instead the guy on stage telling them it's ok to talk about problems and to ask for help.

A prisoner was restrained for 21 hours a day after forensic mental health team would not treat him, a campaigner says.

The teacher having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl was not fired from the school where he worked over his contact with the girl, an inquest heard.

Every year around 500 New Zealanders take their own lives. When it comes to teens, we have the highest suicide rate in the world according a report by the OECD. Joining Tristram Clayton is comedian-turned mental health advocate Mike King who runs The Key to Life Charity to find out what is being down to turn these numbers around.

A jury has convicted Dylann Roof in the racially motivated slayings of nine black church members in South Carolina.

Reiha McLelland would be alive today if it were not for her "inappropriate" relationship with her intermediate school teacher, the inquest into her death has been told.

School leavers remarkably unaffected by earthquakes, surprising research finds.

Reiha McLelland, 13, was under great pressure to keep secret her relationship with her former teacher Sam Back, an inquest has heard.

Top sports stars Israel Folau and Manu Vatuvei are switching codes - and touring for God.

Happiness has become a modern obsession. Searching for it and holding on to it have become motivating forces for how we live our lives.

"I'm constantly giving myself a hard time, what can I do about it?" Self - Critical I can understand why people might get cynical

New research suggests confusion over what constitutes a unit of alcohol is driving women to drink too much.

Many Kiwis affected by the 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake will need "significant ongoing psychological support", the PM's chief science adviser says.

Beth fell asleep on the couch one day and didn't wake up for six months. Here's why.

Counselling service that receives around 18,000 calls a month, to merge with Presbyterian Support Northern.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains how the term is used to describe what are often very different conditions of human misery.

An ex-policeman and close friend of slain jogger Jo Pert has laid a complaint against police for not detaining her killer the night before her death.

Doctor's failings included not putting the man in a mental health unit, an investigation found.

Psychology experts warn cigarettes contain 4,000 chemicals that wreak havoc on your brain.

Are you doing what you can to nourish your brain? A London-based nutritionist reveals the six best foods to boost your brain power, memory and concentration.

Feeling stressed or depressed? Picking up knitting needles or a paintbrush may help.

Here's why inspirational quotes are like M&M's: appealing, tasty, addictive, and completely devoid of any nutritional value.

People affected by the current earthquake sequence are being urged to take extra care of themselves.

Calls to mental health helplines have spiked since the Kaikoura Earthquake.

Tears trickle down the faces of Kaikoura quake victims as they realise how long the road to recovery stretches before them.