Mental Health
New focus on student mental health - will it make a difference?
The government is making moves to ramp up mental health services in New Zealand schools. A pilot programme is being planned to bring counsellors into primary schools, and multidisciplinary mental… Audio
Insight: Sweden's Child Migrant Mystery
For 20 years, Swedish doctors have been treating asylum seeking children who fall into an unresponsive state.The BBC's Linda Pressly asks why it happens and what can bring these children back to…
Call for better autism diagnosis, data for girls
Girls' futures and even their lives are at risk because it takes too long to recognise when they have autism, parents say.
Mental health services at 'breaking point' with unit closure
A shortage of nurses on Auckland's North Shore has forced the closure of that area's only acute mental health unit - He Puna Waiora. The union representing the nurses says staff have been working… Audio
'It can no longer continue': mental health service cuts beds over staff woes
The only acute mental health unit on Auckland's North Shore has been forced to close five beds because it can't find staff.
Staff shortages hit Wgtn mental health services
Wellington's mental health crisis team is so understaffed it is considering hiring unregistered employees, while a union says patients are being put in seclusion rooms.
Mental health crisis services under pressure in Wellington
Capital and Coast District Health Board is looking to employ unregistered staff to bolster its workforce as the capital's mental health crisis team has one in four positions vacant. And the union says… Audio
Care suffers as mental health crisis teams short-staffed
The union representing mental health workers says it flagged concerns about the impact of a merger of the mental health crisis teams in Wellington, when the decision was taken three years ago . The… Audio
Why are so many of us on edge?
Wall Street Journal health reporter and anxiety sufferer Andrea Petersen weaves her personal story with the latest research in On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety. Audio
Tom Larkin - supporting musicians with mental illness
New Zealand musician and music manager, Tom Larkin of the band Shihad has been spearheading efforts to provide support for musicians suffering mental health issues both here and in Australia where he… Audio
Mental health support needed for farmers
A Waikato farmer is pushing for the government to provide better mental health support for the rural sector.
One third of secondary students self harm - study
"I had no escape other than releasing my emotional pain in a physical way - sort of to distract myself."
Petition calling for mental health inquiry delived to Beehive
A family who lost their 15-year-old daughter to suicide has delivered a 30,000 signature petition to Parliament asking for an urgent inquiry into the country's mental health crisis. Video, Audio
Nursing care criticised after pysch unit death
The mental health watchdog says the level of nursing care provided to a man in a psychiatric inpatient unit was unacceptable.
Hip hop: a ‘positive and generous force in our society’
Hip hop is built on values of social justice, peace, self-worth, community, and having fun, according to Dr Alexander Crooke from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Video, Audio
Girl relentlessly bullied before death
A 15-year-old girl who took her own life was the victim of relentless and "vicious" cyber-bullying in the lead up to her death, a coroner has found.
Not enough mental health workers to cope
Mental health awareness campaigns are putting pressure on workers who are already struggling with their workloads. Audio
Call to destigmatise rural suicide, depression
A farmer who recently lost a family member to suicide is calling for changes to the way mental health is talked about.
Aussie man rides train by hanging from windscreen wiper
The 23-year-old man is seen with his body pressed against the windscreen of the back of the train, which was travelling at 110km/h, while one hand is holding on to the windscreen wiper. Video, Audio
Brent Williams: Depression just said 'you've got to face this'
When he was in his late 40s, anxiety and depression overwhelmed Wellingtonian Brent Williams and he walked away from his partner, four children and job. He tells the story of his journey back to the… Audio
