It's Friday night and Serena, 27, has invited eight of her friends around to her Melbourne apartment for a drink.

When it comes to disciplining teens, tough love tactics sound good, but most approaches are more tough than love, writes Kyle MacDonald.

And the damage these friendships can have on romantic relationships, according to a mental health specialist.

How does your brain shape up in the memory stakes? Take this short test, devised to assess how good your memory really is.

Donald Trump told a group of veterans that some members of the military develop mental health issues because they are not "strong" and "can't handle it".

A woman student died at the university's halls of residence on Saturday night.

The family of a man shot and killed by police in the US have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Sacramento.

Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.

Most people know alcohol tends to make all of us less likely to filter what we say. The thing is, says Kyle MacDonald, social media can too.

Union says violence has increased because of staff shortages.

COMMENT: Our appetite for stories about heroes never lets up. But what drives heroism?

Opened in 1247, London's oldest psychiatric hospital was dubbed "bedlam". Now you can see what the haunting real-life conditions were inside.

Five years ago, my 12-year-old daughter and I waited in a long switchback line similar to that of a popular ride at a theme park. But we were not at Disneyland, instead we were at the saddest place on earth: the lobby of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

How do you let go, and how is it possible to let go of the pain that the avoidable loss of a loved one causes?

The family of a Rotorua man who died suddenly last year have hit out at what they believe are "systemic failures" in the health system

Eleanor Ainge Roy talks to a two-time survivor of attempted suicide about what brought him back from the edge.

Inquest hears how 13-year-old Reiha McLelland told her teacher 'right now I'm the farthest point from being okay' but he thought she'd 'bounce back'.

Calls about suicide and self-harm to Lifeline have surged by 48 per cent at a time when the organisation is struggling to stay afloat.

Kiwi mum said she had no idea how affected her daughter was by a classmate's taunts until it was almost too late.

Comedian Mike King and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald have joined forces to create the People's Mental Health Review Campaign.

I am in pain. Yes, it's physical. It throbs where the baby was so recently growing in my womb and I have cramping as my body readjusts to being an empty vessel again.

A ground-breaking strategy from America is teaching isolated children how to make friends. Tanith Carey finds out how.

There could be 31.9 million adults now using marijuana - with 8.4 million of them using it a lot.

As investigators share their latest breakthroughs at Brain Research NZ's annual conference, Jamie Morton took a close look at 10 new Kiwi-led advances.

A group of Kiwi fathers joined families who have lost loved ones to suicide in an emotional torch-lit "lights for lives" commemoration on Auckland's Mangere Mountain.

Father-of-three Mark Tromp, who went missing in bizarre circumstances five days ago, has been found near a Victorian airport.

Greg Bruce meets the psychiatrist behind the All Blacks' battle for mental resilience, who reveals how Richie McCaw stood out from the rest.

Research on unconscious bias suggests we are all more racist and xenophobic than we would like to admit, writes Kyle MacDonald.

Research showing how zinc deficiency may be involved in the development of autism has offered hope that dietary zinc supplements could help treat autism.

COMMENT: No matter how many warnings we put on things, we can't protect our children from pain, rejection, anxiety, fear or frustration.