
Damage done by calling Trump 'crazy'
COMMENT: Is Donald Trump experiencing a mental illness? That's the question making the rounds these days.
COMMENT: Is Donald Trump experiencing a mental illness? That's the question making the rounds these days.
Two pharmacists have been reprimanded after giving a woman anti-depressants instead of the painkillers she was prescribed.
When your children can readily access x-rated content at home, how can you protect them?
Thanks to a learning technique, 10-year-old autistic Becky can communicate her understanding of multiple subjects aimed at her age level.
Retired teacher Darlene Horton was due to return to the United States today. Instead she is lying dead in a morgue after being stabbed in Russell Square.
Does your mind feel like a runaway train of negative thoughts? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains how to quiet the mind and unplug.
As New Zealand Police's top crisis negotiator, Lance Burdett reveals how he talked 'the mad, the bad and the sad' back from the brink.
How the singer overcame family abuse has much to teach us, says child psychologist Oliver James.
Thousands of young New Zealanders are waiting weeks, or even months, for mental health care -- a situation one MP calls "intolerable".
Using positive affirmations has become a popular practice. But, warns Kyle MacDonald, it can actually make things worse.
If the internet is a public forum, then social media is the megaphone installed at the centre of it.
Aaradhna opens up on her worst encounters with racism, and how attacks aren't just on her but her whole family.
Three intellectually disabled men are suing Govt for upwards of $100,000 each, alleging human rights abuses while in state care.
After his father's death in 2004, Poi E star Maaka Pohatu often felt down, struggled to sleep and overanalysed the smallest of interactions.
Access to pornography has been supercharged by the internet. Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains what constitutes a porn addiction.
A petition for an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit has garnered more than 2000 signatures in a day.
A Herald investigation has analysed more than 60 Crimes of Torture Act reports written about health and disability detention sites across NZ.
The family of an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit have launched a petition calling for the minister of health to intervene in his case.
A woman on leave from a Hamilton psychiatric hospital has been found dead near the Waikato River, shortly before her planned discharge from the mental health facility.
OPINION: In a social, extroverted and image occupied world introversion can often be judged as lacking, or seen as a deficiency. Kyle MacDonald explains the truth about the trait.
As well as helping people increase their fitness by getting them to explore the world outside.
When was the last time you sat down - with absolutely no distractions - for an extended period of time?
COMMENT: Getting better is like that old hair ad - it takes time but it will happen.
Wayne Steffensen no longer has faith in the mental health system which he believes has failed his son because of a lack of resources within the system.
OPINION: Are you just fussy about cleanliness and order, or are you suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
In a world dominated by social media, reality TV and endless Kim Kardashian selfies, Kiwis can still call themselves a humble bunch.
The male condition affecting a growing number of men with body image issues.
People who struggle with intense, overwhelming emotions are sometimes seen as "attention seeking" or "manipulative". Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explains what may really be at play.
A new survey reveals the psychological impact of starting your day with a coffee.
The life of a supermodel sounds glamorous but it made one woman severely depressed.