Out of the ordinary

David Harding

Everyone’s business

Tim McDougall

Change for good

Steve Gully

Diary

Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and the Road to Recovery: Life on the Edge

Prashant Phillips

The Insider’s Guide to Mental Health Resources Online

Mark Holland

Personal Narratives in the Helping Professions

Gavin Fairbairn

The Maudsley Antipsychotic Medication Review Service Guidelines

Joanna Bennett

Placebo: The Belief Effect

Phil Barker

Working with Interpreters in Mental Health

Sharon Dennis

Team Working in Mental Health

David Banks

When things go wrong: a nursing perspective

Andy Young

Naye Subah Project

Sofia Ayub

Mike’s musings

Mike Smith

My mental health

Celia Richardson

Dutch nurse Rob Keukens tells Ian McMillan about an international organisation which is attempting to improve conditions in mental health units in eastern Europe and beyond

Danger levels

Cutting through hopelessness

Angus Forsyth

A women’s network

Sara Owen, Caroline Jones, Sheila Mallon, Christine Milburn, Eva Stevenson

Barred from treatment?

Kimmett Edgar, Dora Rickford

CHI report finds staff ignorant of risks

Violence plagues mental health units

Workforce planning is ‘not an option’, trusts warned

Ian McMillan

News in brief

Editorial

Ian McMillan