Link and lead

Sarah Harding

In the wake of the tsunami

Low birth weight associated with psychological distress at age 45-51 years

Paul Rogers

A strong association between epilepsy and schizophrenia

Effective interventions in preventing postnatal depression

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: strategy, planning, delivery and evaluation

Brodie Paterson, Tim McDougall, Rose Leggett

The Handbook of Forensic Learning Disabilities

Brodie Paterson

Social perspectives in mental health

Jim Campbell

Health psychology theory, research and practice

Kevin Gournay

Existential perspective on human issues: A handbook for therapeutic practice

Liam Clarke

The broken mirror

Allison Tennant

Web review

Crazy lady

Crazy Lady, Lesley Warner

Women in mind

Ann Jackson, Chris Holley

Shaping our future

Neil Brimblecombe, Alison Tingle

Scotland has been reassessing how it treats people with personality disorder, culminating in a report ‘Demanding Patients or Deserving People?’ Alex McMahon discusses what changes can be expected

Alex McMahon

My mental health

Veronica Burton

Supplementary prescribing in hospital settings

Adrian Jones, Giles Harborne

Engagement with mental health service users: client reports of enforced treatment

Paul Bliss, Tom Ricketts

Prouty’s contact work: a carer’s perspective

Catherine Clarke

Reflective practice in the community

Ayesha Amarasinghe

A case in point

The changing role of the community psychiatric nurse

Tony Gillam

June Andrews tells Ian McMillan about her new role in the dementia field and the fundamental issues that need to be addressed to modernise this area of care

Herb of the month

Yaso Shan

People

Interact

Mind the gap

V McCullagh

Going against the grain

Louise Pembroke

Don’t force it

David Salter

Diary

Going private

Daniel Allen

Coping with terror

Daniel Allen

News

Legal system 'fails' nurses

Paternalistic attitudes hamper attempts at social inclusion

Patients to experience world of 'discovery'

Targeting clients in community could amount to ‘therapeutic stalking’

Review to tackle sensitive issue of shirking professional accountability

Ian McMillann

Interviews reveal staff blind spots on safety concerns

Safer wards hinge on right leadership

Ian McMillann

GPs neglect to give lifestyle advice, says report

'Think tank' to improve on star ratings

Ian McMillann

Editorial

Ian McMillan