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.

Afraid of spiders or scared of heights? Psychologist Richard Reid explains how mindfulness, the exposure ladder and other techniques can help.

Private investors will soon be given the opportunity to invest in mental health services, Government confirmed this morning.

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.

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.

The threat of social rejection to be the most widespread and potent form of stress for human beings. Deborah Hill Cone writes of trying to overcome this kind of killer shame.

A quarter of people from anxiety and depression, yet many never ask for help. Bryony Gordon reveals how admitting to her illness was the first step to controlling it.

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.

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.

New Zealanders are happier than their rivals from across the ditch, according to a new report released today.

Why would people who were not immediately or directly affected by big events have such a long-lasting sense of knowing exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news? These recollections are called flashbulb memories.

A transgender woman who was a former national Scrabble champion took her own life last year after receiving abuse for being different, an inquest heard yesterday.

Meditation is as good as anti-depressants for tackling depression, a major study has suggested.

Since it was revealed that the co-pilot who purposefully crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, killing 150 people had been treated for psychiatric illness, a debate has ensued over whether privacy laws regarding medical records should be less strict.

A hormone known as the "love drug" because of its role in bonding between mother and child - as well as between lovers - has been shown to permanently alter the nerve pathways in the brain controlling certain social behaviour.