Voices

Alison Anthony

Cranny Close: the challenge of normalisation

John Boyle, En McGarvey

Chris Hart has just been made chair of the mental health nurse consultants’ association for England. He juggles that position with being a writer, a lecturer and a nurse consultant at St George’s Hospital in south London. Ian McMillan finds out what makes him tick

Chris Hart’s

Internet review

Brief CBT is of limited efficacy in reducing self-harm repetition

Paul Rogers

Cigarette smoking may be an independent protective factor for developing schizophrenia in 18 to 20 year olds

Harassment in the community twice as common for people with mental health problems than general population

One patient in four with psychosis fails to adhere to treatment regime

Diary

Perinatal mental health: a guide to the Edinburgh Postnatal depression scale

Chris Holley

Community care: policy and practice

Peter Nolan

Child psychology and psychiatry: an introduction

Tim McDougall

Nurses and politics

Tony Gillam

Depression: What you really need to know

Peter Campbell

Putting symptoms in a box: the Hough brothers’ story

Tony Gillam

Opinion

Jon Allen

My mental health

Manjit Ubhi

I love you – neither do I : Co-dependent and abusive relationships of women clients of the addiction service

Rachel Hewitt, Helen Coak, Richard Smale

Beyond empowerment: revering the story teller

Phil Barker, Poppy Buchanan-Barker

Force in mental health services: international user and survivor perspectives

Mary O’Hagan

Women in mind

Mike Harris

Letter

Pamela Mulraney

What about men?

John Smith

People

Blanket criticism ‘unfair’

Samantha Mulholland

Marathon man

People

The black experience

Sharon Dennis, Ade Odunlade

Major study launched to shed light on the differences between acute inpatient wards

Len Bowers, Alan Simpson

Postponement of draft Bill welcomed

Breaking up is hard to do – for women

Guide for primary care staff launched

Rethink’s report shows that carers who feel valued are less stressed

Ian McMillan

News

CHI finds bias towards adult care

Human rights will not flourish without guidance from the top

Ian McMillan

News in brief

Editorial

Ian McMillan