Diary

Virgina Woolf – The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Phil Barker

The Abuse of Older People

Alan Crump

Crossing Bridges – Training resources for working with mentally ill parents and their children

Dorian Cole

Patients’ perspectives of self-harm in a medium secure unit

Richard Byrt, Judith Reece

Developing a practice framework for acute admission psychiatric care: part one

Jon Allen, Alexander Evans, Dones-Terresita Martin, Ann Jackson

Mental health media awards 1999

Roger Graef

Supervising people with co-occurring disorders in community settings: the American experience

Colin Dale

Dual diagnosis: meeting clients’needs

Cheryl Kipping

‘Securing’ nursing care

Les Storey, Richard Bradshaw

Psychiatric in-patients’ experiences of formal observation

Julia Jones

Promoting teamwork is the only way to put Ashworth Hospital on the road to recovery, says Len Jones

Len Jones

After years of battling for fairer treatment of mentally disordered people who end up in the custody of the Prison Service, Sir David Ramsbotham is optimistic that the government will act on his concerns.

David Ramsbotham

News in brief

News

BIAS found in admission of black people

Report calls on NHS executive to take action on acute concerns

Framework standards

News

Resource concerns over NSF standards

News in brief

Editorial

Ian McMillan