What can a play about the plight of intellectuals in the former Czechoslavakia tell us about today’s NHS? Quite alot, argues Chris Hart

Chris Hart

Leader of the pack

Ian McMillan

World mental health day

Web review

Vagus nerve stimulation in chronic treatment resistant depression

Joseph Curran

Meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy for later-life depression

Joseph Curran

Behavioural activation versus cognitive therapy versus antidepressants

Joseph Curran

Counselling victims of warfare: person centred dialogues

Joe Curran

Beating the blues: new approaches to overcoming dysthymia and chronic mild depression

Peter Campbell

Mendip hospital: an appreciation

Professor Peter Nolan

Mental health issues and the media an introduction for health professionals

Tony Gillam

Reminiscence and recall: a practical guide to reminiscence work

Professor John Keady

Engaging with the lives of people with dementia

Steven Lyon

Recovery from mental illness in China and India

Gareth Davey, Priya Dey-Ghatak, Louise Higgins

Arts in health care: Evaluation within a child and adolescent mental health service

Madi Acharya-Baskerville

Email interview

What the people want

Yaso Shan

Mary Seacole Award winner

Conference to highlight racism in mental health

Peter Scott Blackman, Claire Felix, Marcel Vige

Fighting fundamentalism

John Hurley, Paul Barrett

Diary

Sardines: the musical

Simple steps to a quieter life

Daniel Allenn

The difficult case of Michael Stone

Daniel Allenn

Key players hold sway over ward culture

Study examining staff attitudes to suicide finds some out of step

News in brief

Medics linked to torture in refugees’ minds

Expert shocked by treatment of young immigrants

Ian McMillann

News in brief

Inspection finds home care rushed and ‘undignified’

Ian McMillann

News

News

Employers’ reluctance must be tackled if welfare reforms to succeed

Ian McMillann

News in brief

Editorial

Ian McMillan