Mental Illness

In Auckland a new memorandum of understanding between the police and health authorities means mental health patients having acute episodes are being taken to hospital rather than being held in police… Audio

Leto Xavier is a Canterbury raised, Wellington based painter and multi-media artist. He has used his paintings to express his passion for physics and astronomy, as well as his struggles relating to… Audio, Gallery

Ruby Wax is world-renowned as a comedian, celebrity interviewer, and script editor of the 1990s classic, Absolutely Fabulous. She has also got an OBE for her services to mental health and a master's… Audio

Tonight, in Hamilton, Professor Catharine Coleborne will give her inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Waikato. It's a chance for her to speak about her career and research. Her topic… Audio

The police watchdog has found two officers failed to investigate a woman's sexual assault complaint because she had a mental illness. Audio

An investigation has found a rehab centre took a client's benefit money, failed to provide alcohol treatment, encouraged him to stop taking his medication and allowed him access to knives and air… Audio

The way we think is linked to the quality of our sleep, says Bronwyn Milkins, PhD candidate at the Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion at the University of Western Australia. Audio

The Mental Health Foundation has been working hard to reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness across New Zealand. Now its aiming at one particular segment of the… Audio

Historical biographer and author of a number of books, most recently Fitz: the Colonial Adventures of James Edward Fitzgerald. 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

Dr Vincent Gouttebarge, Chief Medical Officer for FIFPro, the organisation which represents an estimated 65,000 professional footballers (soccer players) worldwide. Audio

Ketamine, an anaesthetic and party drug, is being trialled in Sydney as a treatment for major depression Audio

Ketamine, an anaesthetic and party drug, is being trialled in Sydney as a treatment for major depression Audio

They had benign names like Cherry Farm and Sunnyside, but for many they were simply known as 'the Bins' - New Zealand's psychiatric hospitals. Filmmaker Jim Marbrook has taken a group of survivors… Audio