Thousand of young Brazilians are living a bleak and dangerous life as the number of crack addicts soars.

Domestic violence, from psychological abuse to beatings, is our biggest problem.

Lindsay Lohan has been given 21 days to find a psychological counsellor.

When we go to sleep, our brains are still at work. Gill South visits a psychotherapist to see what our dreams tell us.

New Zealand's top police have ignored a judge's recommendation and again denied diversion to an autistic man found taking light fittings in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake.

Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.

Fewer in the community are prepared to turn a blind eye to child abuse.

Abuse, neglect, disability care: words no one wants to see together. In 2006 a flurry of stories about appalling care sparked a Government inquiry. Despite steps to fix the problem, it's happening again.

Health workers have presented management of a mental health facility with a vote of no confidence after hundreds of assaults by patients.

More needs to be done during early childhood, write Peter Gluckman and Harlene Hayne.

An anguished father wants substances such as Kronic synthetic cannabis banned.

A self-help technique aims to help "voice hearers" live with their condition.

Nathan Boulter faces a raft of charges including abducting and causing grievous bodily harm to ex-girlfriend.

New Zealand has a "woefully deficient" number of mental health services aimed specifically at young people and medical staff were poorly trained to identify those young people who might be at risk, according to a new report.