Years of illness left Alison Anthony feeling uncertain about what lay outside her front door. Regaining self-confidence and patience is possible – but only in small steps, she concludes

Alison Anthony

Patients positive about CCTV

Speed up diagnoses, please

Patients empowered to cope the Australian way

Ian McMillann

Football focus

Omega-3 and mood disorders

Joseph Curran

Deliberate self-harm in the over 60s

Diary

Web review

Physical activity and depression

Depressive Illness: The curse of the strong

Bronwen Davies

By their Own Young Hand

Mike Smith

Out of Time

Geoff Brennan

Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems – Experience of family members in three contrasting cultures

David Harding

Mental Health

Helena McCourt

Body Image: A handbook of clinical practice

Richard Benson

Shattered Lives: Children who live with courage and dignity

Tim McDougall

The juvenile sex offender

Matthew Wilcockson

Charter: view

Gail Miller, Brodie Paterson, Rick Tucker

Motivation versus need: balanced decision-making in addictions

Owain Ashworth

Genetics in mental health nursing: is it part of your role?

Maggie Kirk, Emma Tonkin, Heather Skirton, Andrew Carberry

Five months into his post as mind’s chief executive, paul farmer tells ian mcmillan about the challenges facing the charity over the next few years

Living with fear

Emma Bell

Lecture revived

Gary Winship

Shan’s shout

Yaso Shan

Same old mistakes

Kim Sherrington

John tait

Malcolm Rae

Age discrimination

Elizabeth Collier

Uniting europe

Martin Ward

Safety measures

Daniel Allenn

Study finds women feel safer on single-sex acute wards

Health project targets ‘at risk’ users in Slough

Who can save mental health nursing from the scourge of the ‘scary daleks’?

Ian McMillann

News in brief

Government must tell public of cannabis link to mental ill health, says Rethink

Food for the brain

Data on pcts’ spending reveals inconsistencies, claims king’s fund

Daniel Allenn

Failings in care highlighted by dementia case

Survey finds staff against banning smoking indoors

Safety report sparks calls for ‘zero tolerance’ of violence

Daniel Allenn

News in brief

Editorial

Ian McMillan