A young man committed suicide after his counsellor told him by text message not to take his medication, provided he was undergoing regular counselling.

A coroner has told the ADHB to ensure mental health unit patients get the same standard of medical care as those in general wards, after a schizophrenic woman, 60, died.

Everyone needs the occasional mental health day, so do your duty and get under the duvet.

In Scandinavia, some coffee shops offer more than a dose of caffeine.

Kiwi Blazej Kot has been sentenced to 25 yrs to life in prison for fatally slashing his wife's throat in the US.

A former drug addict who was convicted of smuggling ecstasy into New Zealand has opened a $560-a-day clinic in one of Auckland's swankiest suburbs.

A man has been jailed for attacking family members with a replica medieval axe on his wedding night, after he was caught kissing a bridesmaid.

Soldiers and others in dangerous professions could take anti-fear medications to cope with stress.

A study of 29 children who lived in Auckland's controversial Centrepoint Community has found continuing effects on their adult lives.

People off work due to injury are likely to suffer high rates of depression and suicide, new research suggests.

An agitated, machete-wielding man with a history of violence and mental illness has been subdued by a threat of taser use, say police.