Understanding and implementing the nurse’s holding power (section 5(4)) of the Mental Health Act 1983

Russell Ashmore, Neil Carver

Alcohol liaison services in a general hospital

Christos Kouimtsidis, Jane Pullin

Acute inpatient care in the UK. Part 2: managing risk

John Baker, Ana Sanderson, Katharine Challen, Owen Price

Deliberate self-harm among adults in prisons

Laura Bennett, Judith Dyson

Journal scan

Noticeboard

Diary

Clinical Exercises for Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents

Julia Terry

The Good CPD Guide

Bob Price

Psychiatry in Prisons

Barrie Green

What makes someone want to be a mental health nurse?

Nurse in world record skydive attempt for Alzheimer charity

‘Dysfunctional’ children’s services to get overhaul

Colin Parish

News in brief

Inquiry finds suicide risk at its highest two weeks after discharge

Funding measures for people with dementia criticised in report

No fairy-tale ending in sight

Colin Parish