Latest fromMental Health
Grieving parents: We want justice
The parents of a teenage girl who police believe was bullied into taking her own life have made a plea for justice.
Women told they must man up
Behaving more like men could help women boost their sex lives, eat healthier and stress less.
Mateship important in mine
A Kiwi mining safety expert says the trapped Chilean miners will need to create a community.
Little support for families hit by suicide - mother
A mother whose son committed suicide says families are often left on their own when dealing with the suicide of a loved one.
Key to explore suicide laws
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.
Baby in bath mum guilty of manslaughter
A mother has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her 13-month-old baby son after she left him in a deep bath for at least 15 minutes and he toppled over and drowned.
Mother attempted suicide after baby drowned, court told
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".
Bath deep to keep baby warm, accused mother tells court
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.
Baby-in-bath murder accused had bipolar, court told
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.
Baby-death trial told of mother's tragic past
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.
Police Taser machete-wielding man
A machete-wielding man was shot with a Taser stun gun after threatening police in Lower Hutt last night.
Minister backs Coroner on suicide debate
Peter Dunne says he's "very open" to the Chief Coroner's suggestion there needs to be greater openness around the reporting of suicide.
Call for mental health privacy review
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.
Suicide after text advice to stop medication
A young man committed suicide after his counsellor told him by text message not to take his medication, provided he was undergoing regular counselling.
Changes made after schizophrenic woman's death - DHB
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.