Therapeutic alliances in people with borderline personality disorder

Karen Wright, Fiona Jones

A service user reflects on a journey to hopefulness

R Coles

Setting up a police liaison service in a medium secure hospital

David Heywood, Pablo Vandenabeele

A covenant between mental health services and family carers

John Rowe

Who assesses the physical health of inpatients?

Rebecca Rylance, Hazel Chapman, John Harrison

Journal scan

Notice board

Diary

Coming up roses

Joanne Davis

Pass or fail?

Chris Hart

The locked ward: Memoirs of a psychiatric orderly

Cris Allen

Changing Minds in Therapy

Janet Smith

Police need to acknowledge mental health problems of prolific offenders

Government launches its suicide prevention strategy

Beena Hammond

Number of men seeking help for anorexia is increasing

Christian Duffin

Guardianships being overtaken by other safeguards

Major artist ‘unlocks’ offenders’ art at Southbank exhibition

Men in mid-life are new high-risk group for suicide

High dependency unit opened to treat severe cases of eating disorder

Alcohol abuse is an increasing problem among older people

MPs support bill to end mental health discrimination

Residents take a trip down Memory Lane

News in brief

Rewarding raised expectations

Colin Parish