Mental Health

Professor of Psychiatry at New South Wales University, Gordon Parker, says counselling and psychotherapy are not right for everyone. He says in some cases they will fail to be of any assistance, and… Audio

Vibrant posters have been appearing on street corners in main cities around the country as part of a national campaign to promote artists who happen to have a disability. The 'I am an Artist' campaign… Audio

Musician Ruia Aperahama found it impossible to continue the way he was living, using drugs and alcohol to self medicate. It took a failed suicide attempt for him to finally accept that his addictions… Audio

Former All Black, now successful coach, John Kirwan has encouraged many men to seek help for depression - he has now turned his attention to helping teenagers with mental health issues. His book Stand… Audio

It's estimated one in four people in New Zealand will experience anxiety in their lifetime. Of those many thousands of people, just 30 per cent of cases will be diagnosed and only five per cent will… Audio

We find out why laughter is important in our daily lives and meets a man who begged to be institutionalised before seeking alternative ways to heal from a lifetime of depression and bipolar. Audio

Community mental health and addiction service providers say they're being driven into the ground by unfair and uneven funding from DHBs. They say they're being pressured to provide more with less and… Audio

Philippa Tolley revisits Christchurch to see how people are coping more than 3 years on Audio

Former Mental Health Commissioner, Mary O'Hagan on her memoir, 'Madness Made Me'. Audio

The Social Development Ministry is preparing to expand a Work and Income service model that came into effect last year which sees more intensive and individual case management for some people who were… Audio

Two forms of electrical stimulation to the brain are being trialled for depression at the University of New South Wales Audio

Two forms of electrical stimulation to the brain are being trialled for depression at the University of New South Wales Audio

Megan Whelan explores access to mental health serivces in the face of a suicide rate that is resistant to change Audio

Two health psychologists talk about the benefits of expressive writing for both mental and physical health. Audio

US Army veteran Mariette Kalinowski is adapting to civilian life after developing PTSD, with the assistance of a creative writing course. Audio

We often whisper about it when tragedy affects someone we know, we skirt around the topic in conversation, we forever use euphemisms, which is understandable. Not comedian Mike King. Silence, he says… Audio

The idea that the environment has an impact on our physical health is indisputable - but what impact is environmental degradation having on our mental health? Can psychology offer insights into how to… Audio

Sally Round investigates if more needs to be done to help self harming teenagers Audio

Ideas explores the acceptance and celebration of difference within the various states of mental health, and the affliction of chronic normalcy. Audio