Food for thought

Sally Thomson

Risk factors for railway suicides

Paul Rogers

Training in managing aggression

Psychotherapy by phone

Web review

Conferences

Freedom from addiction: a practical handbook

Mark Holland

Counselling for Eating Disorders in Men

Mike Smith

What scientists think

Sara Owen

Know Yourself: The individual’s guide to career development in healthcare

Sharon Dennis

Doctor, what’s wrong? making the NHS human again

Paul Crawford

Psychotherapy and the Treatment of Cancer Patients: Bearing cancer in mind

Ben Thomas

Edvard Munch by Himself

Philip Brecht

Jumping ship

Reducing violence in a forensic mental health unit: a seven-year study

Barrie Green, Lynne Robinson

Malingered psychosis among prisoners Part 2: the research perspective

Sarah Higginson

Why do adults with schizophrenia have poorer physical health than the rest of the population?

Timothy Bradshaw, Karina Lovell, Penny Bee, Hilary Mairs

Physical care skills: a training needs analysis of inpatient and community mental health nurses

Michael Nash

Can we help people with schizophrenia stop smoking?

Debbie Robson, Richard Gray

Email-interview

Rick Tucker

From the director’s chair

Jon Allen

Consultants cost

Chris Hart

People

Fighting racism

Lucia

No surprise

Louise Pembroke

Know yourself

Ceylon Marable

Voices

Alison Anthony

Cash injection vital to boost acute care

Development workers must be given freedom and resources to work with local people

Empowering patients just a ‘sexy concept’

Nurses must show tolerance when judging society’s most hated figures

Mental health nurses must accentuate the positive to boost their self image

Ian McMillann

‘No smoking’ ban proves therapeutic

Database will help pregnant women’s care

Pandemic threats make protective clothing likely

lan McMillann

News in brief

More nurses are willing and able to lead multi-professional teams

Forming a ‘clinical cabinet’ has given trust a winning combination

Nurses must be confident about opening new doors

Daniel Allenn

Advanced role breathes life into failing department

New dementia unit shows the way

Crowded prisons linked to suicides

News

Young offenders suffer as NHS fails to provide enough secure beds

lan McMillann

News in brief

Government guide sets out new agenda for older people’s care

Ian McMillann

Editorial

Ian McMillan