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.

A ground-breaking strategy from America is teaching isolated children how to make friends. Tanith Carey finds out how.

There could be 31.9 million adults now using marijuana - with 8.4 million of them using it a lot.

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.

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.

The Mental Health Foundation believes there is an "urgent need" to investigate why a significant number of young people aren't coping.

Despite his shortcomings, Donald Trump is unshakable in his confidence. And that tells you everything that is wrong with the idea of "self-esteem", writes Kyle MacDonald.

Mothers who have had a c-section or are raising a child on their own have significantly higher levels of stress hormones in their breast milk, says research.

Megan Short reportedly made no secret of the fact that she planned to leave her husband. On the weekend she was found dead along with her children, and the family dog.

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.