As many as 15 per cent of New Zealand's professional rugby players may be wrestling with stress, anxiety, substance abuse and behavioural and mental health issues.

Excessive alcohol causes brain damage over time, but new research suggests this could be reversed with regular exercise.

Rachel Wotton is a sex worker. She specialises in servicing people with disabilities.

Danish scientists have made a key discovery in what triggers a migraine - a step that could pave the way for better treatment of the debilitating condition.

Australian actress Isla Fisher refuses to keep a set of scales in her home because she doesn't want her young daughters to catch her weighing herself.

I was about 10 or 11 years old when my father was first admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.

Do any of these sound familiar? I have to stay in this job or we won't be able to make the mortgage, I have no choice. I have no choice but to go to see Mum again this evening.

A "disconnect" from their fathers is at the heart of many males who feel suicidal, says comedian and suicide campaigner Mike King.

How do you recognise the way beliefs drive your life?

The founder of web phenomenon PostSecret talks to Alan Perrott about being the person with whom the whole world shares their innermost secrets.

Here is your recap of what we have learned in our 12- part happiness audit so you can check in and see where you are.

Drinking caffeinated drinks like coffee significantly protects against crash risk for long-distance commercial drivers, new research suggests.

An Auckland man who admitted breaking into his 95-year-old neighbour's home and stabbing him in the head has been the subject of four mental health reports.

Oh, how to cover THIS in a few hundred words?! Practising emotional honesty is a real biggie, and one of the most common barriers to happiness there is.

Sleepless nights with crying babies can ruin your marriage and your health, a study says.

The glass half full has been sent flying - research shows you'll live longer if you think of it as half empty

Carrie Fisher was "delusional" and "trying to survive" during a recent bipolar episode.

Overly optimistic expectations for the future can be hazardous to older people's health, a long-term study suggests.

The Government has allocated $100,000 to make use of social media to improve youth mental health.

Biologists argue that evolution proceeds via natural selection. Wrong. Cryptic crosswords prove that in the case of many Homo sapiens, it works via UNnatural selection.

Grief is in danger of being branded a medical condition if a mourner feels sad for two weeks and consults a GP, says an international authority on death and dying.

Australian actress/singer Olivia Newton-John has spoken out about her battle with depression, revealing she turned to therapy and medication to help face her problems

Could the fountain of youth be found through a positive attitude spiced with gratitude, laughter and a healthy dose of loving sex?

Matthew Newton has blamed his past violent attacks on a 'wave of terror' and 'hopelessness'.

Almost 30 prison guards have been seriously assaulted since mid-2010 with 88 per cent punched in the head or face area and one attacked with hot water.