How nurses and carers can avoid the slippery slope to abuse

Andrew McDonnell, Emma Breen, Roy Deveau, Eimear Goulding, John Smyth

Helping vulnerable people develop and maintain relationships

Nilanjan Chatterjee, Karen Jones, Kate Anslow, Robert Searle, Laura Blackhall

Non-aversive care of people on the autism spectrum

Francis Evans

Is there a prejudice against practitioners?

Alex McClimens, Charlotte Nutting

On the web

Research round-up

Noticeboard

Diary

Gardening in the rain

Deborah Williams

Complain for change

Dame Julie Mellor

Planet Rachael - Sweet dreams

Wendy Johnson

Transition to Retirement

Elizabeth Perkins

Autism: A Social and Medical History

Paul Maloret

Psychosocial Nursing Care: A Guide to Nursing the Whole Person

Julie Moules

Advice on restrictive practices is ‘revolutionary’, say experts

Obituary: Peter Cranham

Long-term hospitalisation may breach human rights

Colin Parish

Charity prompts World Health Organization to mind its language

Service users still cannot access appropriate mental health services

Integration of care will improve patient outcomes, says BMA

News in brief

Care at home, not in a home

Colin Parish