Animal hoarding: devastating, complex, and everyone’s concern

Bronwen Williams

Contraception needs of women attending drug and alcohol treatment centres

Rosie Mundt-Leach

Evaluation of nursing students’ work experience through the use of reflective journals

Charlotte Ross, Karamjit Mahal, Yves Chinnapen, Marina Kolar, Karen Woodman

Helping people with serious mental illness to cut down or stop smoking

Tim Bradshaw, Emma Davies, Margaret Stronach, Katherine Richardson, Laura Hermann

Journal scan

Noticeboard

Diary

Message in a bottle

Stuart Frost

Practical Psychiatry of Old Age

Robert Jenkins

A Parent’s Guide to Defeating Eating Disorders/Maintaining Recovery from Eating Disorders – Avoiding Relapse and Recovering Life

Anne Claveirole

Always Smiling Through the Tears

Ian Hulatt

Caring and Killing: Nursing and Psychiatric Practice in Germany 1931-1943

Gosia Brykczyńska

Electronic system helps trusts to track patients on the move

Christian Duffin

Nominee who goes ‘the extra mile’ is shortlisted for Nursing Standard award

NICE issues new guidance on treating psychosis

Colin Parish

Concordat sparks public consultation on mental health crisis

Issue of children being treated on adult wards needs ‘urgent action’

Suicide figures lower but better care is needed, say charities

News in brief

Joining the dots

Colin Parish