A woman student died at the university's halls of residence on Saturday night.

The family of a man shot and killed by police in the US have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Sacramento.

Most people know alcohol tends to make all of us less likely to filter what we say. The thing is, says Kyle MacDonald, social media can too.

Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.

And how to tell if you are one.

Kyle MacDonald discusses the common occurrence of stroke victims in particular experiencing depression during their recovery.

Union says violence has increased because of staff shortages.

COMMENT: Our appetite for stories about heroes never lets up. But what drives heroism?

Opened in 1247, London's oldest psychiatric hospital was dubbed "bedlam". Now you can see what the haunting real-life conditions were inside.

The family of a Rotorua man who died suddenly last year have hit out at what they believe are "systemic failures" in the health system

Eleanor Ainge Roy talks to a two-time survivor of attempted suicide about what brought him back from the edge.

Inquest hears how 13-year-old Reiha McLelland told her teacher 'right now I'm the farthest point from being okay' but he thought she'd 'bounce back'.

Calls about suicide and self-harm to Lifeline have surged by 48 per cent at a time when the organisation is struggling to stay afloat.

This week, I decided to ask myself a question: "What is the People's Review of the Mental Health System, and why are you asking for

Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik has cancelled a major solo show in Dubai due to crippling anxiety.

Kiwi mum said she had no idea how affected her daughter was by a classmate's taunts until it was almost too late.

Comedian Mike King and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald have joined forces to create the People's Mental Health Review Campaign.

I am in pain. Yes, it's physical. It throbs where the baby was so recently growing in my womb and I have cramping as my body readjusts to being an empty vessel again.

As investigators share their latest breakthroughs at Brain Research NZ's annual conference, Jamie Morton took a close look at 10 new Kiwi-led advances.

A group of Kiwi fathers joined families who have lost loved ones to suicide in an emotional torch-lit "lights for lives" commemoration on Auckland's Mangere Mountain.

Father-of-three Mark Tromp, who went missing in bizarre circumstances five days ago, has been found near a Victorian airport.

Greg Bruce meets the psychiatrist behind the All Blacks' battle for mental resilience, who reveals how Richie McCaw stood out from the rest.

Research on unconscious bias suggests we are all more racist and xenophobic than we would like to admit, writes Kyle MacDonald.

Research showing how zinc deficiency may be involved in the development of autism has offered hope that dietary zinc supplements could help treat autism.

COMMENT: No matter how many warnings we put on things, we can't protect our children from pain, rejection, anxiety, fear or frustration.

Eating processed foods with little nutritional value may be making us mad as well as sick, new research shows.

You've likely heard of the "fight or flight" response, but there is one more very important "F" that keeps getting left out, writes Kyle MacDonald.

A new study investigating intriguing links between mental illness and heart disease risk is among $1.5 million in grants announced today.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

Homeless people admitted to South Auckland's Middlemore Hospital die on average 16 to 20 years earlier than other New Zealanders, a new study has found.