Editorial: Cause and effect — (Read)

How We Are: news, views and information
Questioning teamwork • male and female thinking styles • delayed gratification • dating by numbers • overweight • decline in adolescent mental health • listening to new mothers • support for new mothers • Tourette’s and tics • sexuality and health • effects on sexuality of drugs during pregnancy • baby massage • creativity and plants • suicide and social causes • confirmatory bias • déjà vu • heart disease and control • killing anxiety

Healthy curiosity is precisely that ...
Pat Williams on why curiosity, but not inquisitiveness, is inborn

Debt advice at the doctor’s
Marie Copley and Tony Dylak describe how money management advice can help reduce consultations for mental health problems

“I’ve got this pain ...”
Dr David Beales explains how GPs can help patients with medically unexplained symptoms

Handling how it hurts: hypnosis and pain control
The late Kay Thompson shares some of her experiences in using hypnosis for control of acute, chronic and terminal pain

Acting out of spite
Denise Winn talks to Dr Sarah Coyne about the influence on children’s behaviour of indirect aggression as shown on TV

Therapy that works
Pamela Woodford shares some inspiring examples of therapy she has carried out, using the human givens approach

Prepared for success
Miriam Chachamu describes how challenging children can learn to play a proud and positive part in school and family life

PLUS: Learning Curve, Book Reviews, Letters