Employers whose staff are struggling to cope following Monday's earthquake are being given advice on how to best support their employees.

New data showing an increase in long wait times for youth patients needing mental health help has been labelled "appalling" by a local

Funds raised in this year's Red Nose Day will be focused on battling New Zealand's growing child and adolescent mental health problems.

We have often been told that doing some gardening can benefit us physically. Now scientists believe getting outdoors to rake the

The Black Cap star who spectacularly fell from grace after admitting match-fixing has revealed his tough battle to retain his health after a suicide attempt.

Why some people are worriers and what to do about it.

Now there's a radical new recipe for healthy minds - and the good news is, pasta and wine are back on the menu, says Chloe Lambert.

A woman who vandalised graves at an Auckland cemetery earlier this year - mostly of children and stillborn babies - has been found

Forget almost everything you know - what you remember probably didn't happen. And there's a bizarre theory to explain it.

People who fret about their health really are at risk of worrying themselves sick, researchers say.

Vulnerable woman tells of feeling 'yuck' after motel encounters with mental health nurse who exploited her problem with alcohol, prosecutors say.

Identify relationship "red flags" early on, otherwise you may just find yourself entangled in a narcissistic nightmare that's difficult to extract yourself from.

Dementia sufferers could be monitored with online tracking devices which would record every move they make, say UK scientists.

Do you wear your stress and "busy-ness" like a badge of honour? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains the problem with modern day stress and how to manage it.

A former Kiwi soldier who suffered post-traumatic stress while serving in Afghanistan has been awarded compensation in a landmark ruling.

Whether or not a Wellington primary school teacher is fit to teach was the subject of a New Zealand Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal

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.

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.

Does the moon actually make people act crazy, or change human behaviour in any way?

EXCLUSIVE: They died at the hands of a man facing mental health struggles, and now their only daughter is calling for urgent changes to prevent further tragedies.

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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