Squaring the circle

Christopher Wood

Voices- Putting the world to rights over a few pints enhances the mental health of most men, Tony Gillam has long suspected. But can he find the evidence to back up his suspicions?

Tony Gillam

My mental health

Yaso Shan MNIMH

Winds of change in the air in Albania

Eliona Krakulli

A long way to go

Cris Allen, Neil Brimblecombe

Hallucination focused integrated treatment improves quality of life

Paul Rogers

Evidence based treatments in depression

Bias found in antidepressant study sponsorship

Lithium treatment and risk of relapse

Diary Conferences

Web review

Theatre review

Lesley Warner

Cultural diversity, mental health and psychiatry: the struggle against racism

Liam Clarke

Institutional breakdown

Lesley Warner

Solitary sex: a cultural history of masturbation

Peter Nolan

Making positive connections: A foundation for working with people who have a diagnosis of personality disorder

Chris Chaloner

Rethinking the DSM: a psychological perspective

Mike Smith

Tertiary education: opportunities for people with mental illness

Edward White, Sandra Jowett, Angela D’Uva

Learning to listen: childhood trauma and adult psychosis

Paul Hammersley, Dawn Burston, John Read

Tiers before bedtime: a survey shows post-registration CAMHS education is missing the mark

Julia Jones, Laurence Baldwin

Are we ready to implement the women’s mental health strategy?

Sara Owen, Elizabeth Khalil

People

Poetic justice needed

Ros Young

David Bennett’s death part of ‘festering abscess’ of racism

Daniel Allenn, Joanna Bennett, David Sallah, Cris Allen, Daniel Allen

News in brief

Survey highlights lack of uniformity in C&R training

Mental health projects lose out as charities channel funds elsewhere

Crash teams feel ‘sexual high’ in restraint incidents

Educators ‘fail’ students over violence

lan McMillann

News in brief

News

Bennett inquiry finds services scarred by pervasive racism

Colin Parishn

Editorial

Ian McMillan