The more resentful we are, the more things we find to be resentful about, writes Louise Thompson.

Deborah Hill Cone writes: In a chaotic world, bullies tell us what to think, what to do, and what we are doing wrong. This can be comforting if you feel unsure who you are.

Caitlyn Jenner's courage has been welcomed by the world - but do gay women on our own sports fields feel just as accepted?

The Government is using mental health patients as "gambling chips" by implementing social bonds, says one social services researcher.

Four wives tell Victoria Lambert how dementia has strengthened their relationships.

Eating disorders among teenage girls are rising, yet nothing is being done to ban 'thinspiration' websites, says Emma Woolf.

They've been a little yellow mainstay in play-pens for generations, but could Lego figurine also soon have a place in therapy clinics?

Should we, and could we, all practice a little meditation, or is it an innate skill? We asked the experts.

The most vulnerable are likely to suffer with the introduction of 'social bonds' for the private sector, writes Dita De Boni.

The current news media attention on Relationships Aotearoa and its dire financial situation highlights the state of many community-based organisations, writes Richard Wood.

What do Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories have to do with the reasons people commit crime? Perhaps more than we realise.

Some like it hot, some like it iced, and some just don't like it at all. Until recently, coffee was on the list of habits to break if you really wanted to be healthy.

New Zealanders are accepting of diversity, sexuality and religion but not of mental illness.

The Police Association is calling for frontline cops to be notified when forensic mental health patients are released back into the community.

Don't grab a coffee for that concentration boost, just glance out the window at a city roof garden.

Immediate changes to victim notification processes have been made after a man shopping at the supermarket ran into the man who stabbed him.

When that voice suddenly goes away, you become desperate to hear it. When our son stopped talking, our sense of loss was painful and acute, writes Kim A. O'Connell.

Being bullied at school has effects on the body that last for decades and can shorten a person's life, new research suggests.

What does an alcoholic look like? For years, I wouldn't have said that label had anything to do with me.

What are the psychological and health effects of exposure to traumatic events like the Boston Marathon bombing and Colorado theatre shooting?

Lindsay Nicholson, who was back at her job just days after her husband's death, says Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg has made the right choice.

The number of synthetic cannabis users seeking mental health care halved after legal controls were imposed and have become rare since all products were ordered off shelves.

Can mindfulness lessons really help children keep calm and carry on? You bet, says Alice Smellie - and it's like a breath of fresh air.

Workers around the globe have been finding it harder to juggle the demands of work and the rest of life in the past five years, a new report shows.

South Auckland is to have a new facility built for patients suffering acute mental illness, at a cost of $53.6 million.

Sleeping with socks on might be a nice way to fall asleep for some people. For others, however, having them on in bed is the stuff of nightmares.

One in six New Zealand adults will be affected by mental health issues and it is the third-leading cause of health loss in this country. Not since the Christchurch earthquakes has a cause stirred the collective conscience of so many Kiwis, nor inspired so

Wine tastes better if it is thought to be expensive due to a physical change in the brain, according to a study.

A man accused of killing two women at Ashburton’s Work and Income office last year has had his trial delayed.

Grammy Award-winning producer Mark Ronson relied on his mother when he suffered crippling panic attacks because the sound of her voice would help calm him down.