Nurse-led health checks for clients with severe mental illness

Melissa Sutherland, Denise Davis

Early intervention with children can prevent problems in later life

Tim McDougall

Home treatment team reduces numbers of acute admissions

Gareth Hawkins

The green shoots of good health

Jane Whitham, Yvonne Hunt

Delivering awareness training to staff in the criminal justice system

Cliff Hoyle, Lynn Emslie

Treating driving phobia with virtual reality and trauma-focused therapy

Caroline Williams, Nicholas Tarrier

Detecting benzodiazepine dependence in older people

Review raises doubt about efficacy of assertive community treatment

Research round-up

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Diary

The new black: mourning, Melancholia and depression

Mike Smith

A history of St Nicholas hospital, newcastle-upon-Tyne, England 1869-2001

David Bowler

Impossible puzzle

Gail A Hornstein

Living with the curse of austerity

Geoff Brennan

Hart to heart

Chris Hart

Charities challenge stigmatising views of depression in the media

Mental health services tackle surge in problem drinking

Trust pilots tagging programme for unescorted patients

Funding cuts threaten delivery of scots dementia strategy

Memory clinics have little effect on Alzheimer’s

Moderate exercise benefits people with schizophrenia

Report highlights poor access to health care for prisoners

Sophie Blakemore

News in brief

Careless words feed prejudice

Colin Parish