Researchers found people who were more introspective tended to have larger volumes of nerve tissue in an area of the prefrontal cortex.

The parents of a teenage girl who police believe was bullied into taking her own life have made a plea for justice.

Behaving more like men could help women boost their sex lives, eat healthier and stress less.

A Kiwi mining safety expert says the trapped Chilean miners will need to create a community.

A mother whose son committed suicide says families are often left on their own when dealing with the suicide of a loved one.

An internet safety group has backed John Key's view that the public reporting of suicide is now virtually beyond control, because young people routinely discuss cases on websites.

A mum on trial for the murder of her baby denies intentionally drowning the 13-month-old, saying accusations she was a murderer were "not true".

A woman accused of deliberately leaving her baby boy to drown has told a court she ran the bath deep because she wanted to keep him warm.

A woman accused of leaving her baby boy to drown in the bath suffered from bipolar disorder and was having a severe depressive episode at the time of his death, the woman's lawyer said today.

Her mother burned to death in a fire. Her aunt died after falling from a building and she was sexually abused a year after her father died in a plane crash.

A machete-wielding man was shot with a Taser stun gun after threatening police in Lower Hutt last night.

Peter Dunne says he's "very open" to the Chief Coroner's suggestion there needs to be greater openness around the reporting of suicide.

Wellington coroner Ian Smith has called for a review of the Privacy Act in his findings on the suicide of a young university student two years ago.