Barker’s beat

Phil Barker

Understanding and working with bereavement

John R Cutcliffe

Email interview

Len Bowers

Diary

The search for the secure base: Attachment theory and psychotherapy

Anne Aiyegbusi

The pursuit of oblivion: A global history of drugs

Prashant Phillips

A multidisciplinary handbook of child and adolescent mental health for front-line professionals

Laurence Baldwin

Dangerous and severe personality disorder: Response and role of the psychiatric team

Kim Woodbridge, Tom Dodd

Island life: Singapore’s mental health service island life: Singapore’s mental health service

Julie Cosway

Politics and mental health: Reflections from Northern Ireland

Hugh O’Donnell

People

Interact

A world view

Sue Plummer, Paul Rogers

Help wanted

Caroline Williams

Policy

Cris Allen

Views of disabled parents to be surveyed

Clinical review praises ‘high quality care’ of trust staff

Scotland’s new bill finds favour with psychiatrists

Plans unveiled to cut suicide rate by a fifth

Ian McMillan

News

Carers help trust to save lives

Editorial

Ian McMillan