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Body image: a handbook of theory, research and clinical practice

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Creating a safe space

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Clinical supervision made easy

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Managing intense emotions and overcoming self-destructive habits self help manual

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Anne’s angle

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My mental health

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Mental health nursing and the pharmaceutical industry

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Developing a training framework for carer inclusion in acute inpatient care

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Being positive about acute psychiatry

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Email interview

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The next generation

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Lesbian sexuality ‘poorly understood’

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Staff ignore sexuality, unless it’s heterosexual

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Another violent attack leads to calls for radical rethink

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DRC seeks responses to amended act

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