Making the most of change

Nicola Lester

‘i love it here. i’m really glad i made the move’

River deep, mountain high

Adele Waters

Web review

DVD and telephone coaching-based skills training for carers of people with eating disorders

Simon Houghton

Efficacy of psychotherapies for post-traumatic stress disorder

Intensive treatment for adolescent obsessive compulsive disorder

Social skills training for schizophrenia

Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook

Alison Anthony

Caring for arab patients

Peter Hughes, Catherine Gamble

On the Receiving End

Russell Ashmore

Study skills for nurses

Liam Clarke

Cognitive behavioural therapy for mental health workers

Nigel P Short

Edinburgh festival fringe

Lesley warner

An emotionally charged journey

Nicola Lester

Banishing the blues

Mary Bennett, Nicola Harris, Despina Learmonth, Sadik Rai

Palliative care for people with dementia

Stephen Willis, Melsina Makaza

After the deadly storm

Maryke Steffens

Diary

Plus ça change

Chris Hart

Compassion is the key to strategy

People

Independent thinking

Derek T Barron, Robert Davidson, Karen Robertson

Let’s blow our own trumpet

Gillian Davies

Hear our voices

The patient advocate’s view

Survey enables psychiatrists to compare relapse outcomes

Ian McMillan

A game plan for better services

Daniel Allen, Anna Walker

Nurses now have chance of a lifetime

Peer support has a profound effect on patients

Whistleblowing can damage your career, but it is often ‘the right thing to do’

Helping inpatients lead ‘normal’ lives can speed recovery

Jennifer Trueland

News in brief

Indefinite sentences increase risk of mental health problems in prisoners

Ian McMillan

NMC to retain four nursing branches

News

Award to honour dementia care nurses

Police stations are inappropriate as ‘places of safety’

Acute units must adopt ‘just do it’ style

Ian McMillan

You might be happier than you think

Ian McMillan