OPINION: Kids have it hard these days. It doesn't seem like it when they're playing on their $500 tech gadgets, but they do.

The new Health and Safety at Work Act, which comes into force today, expressly provides for mental health issues in an increasingly stressed-out and competitive workplace, writes Mai Chen.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald looks at the changing nature of bullying and the roles we all have the potential to play.

A mother shares her ordeal and advice since learning her son has autism.

Young people who smoke cannabis regularly slide further down the social ladder than their parents, a study has revealed.

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald offers practical ways to help someone you care about who may be in a state of denial.

Stressed-out mental health workers in Christchurch are expected to benefit from a $20 million government cash injection.

New Zealand Rugby - while sympathetic and moved by the plight of former players battling dementia - says its obligation is to protect the current generation.

The NZ Rugby CEO says while he feels for former players battling dementia, the obligation is to protect the current generation.

POLLY GILLESPIE: I thought I had cancer, or MS. It took years before I discovered the real issue.

Kylie Jenner suffers from anxiety when she's not working.

Remembering to brush your teeth properly every day into old age could help fight dementia, scientists claim.

Children born prematurely do worse at school and earn less as adults than those born at full term, a study found.

Falling, losing teeth, being chased or busting for the loo with no hope of relief... dreams, especially reoccurring ones, can be scary and downright weird.

Despite all the attention depression receives these days, it can be really hard to spot.

Study finds "developmental immaturity" may be an underlying factor when children are assessed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

And here's what they do to your brain.

Psychological research on persuasion and self-control suggests some strategies to help you resist insidious pull of online distractions.

It's the decade where retirement looms and chronic disease can set in, so what can you expect in the happiness stakes?

'Great strides' have been made in improving scientific understanding of dementia and of the gaps in research.

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in Australia, with one in three adults using it at some point in their life.

Thousands of young New Zealanders face serious challenges in their lives. Ten per cent of them are obese, and nearly a quarter overweight.

A new book claims parents are the cause of their children's mental health problems.

New study reveals how concussions drastically raise suicide risk.

Recent research into happiness reveals some intriguing patterns.

Have you succumbed to the secret Buddhist attempt to infiltrate the world via the cult of mindfulness yet? Or are you just having fun colouring in?

A new study finds that some people are battling anxiety and depression more than a year and a half after the Christchurch earthquake.

The Duchess of Cambridge shares her thoughts on children's mental health.