Editorial: An idea that is spreading

How we are: News, views and information:
Norms that aren’t normal • false sense of security • mothers who are offenders • a game to enhance mood • power and persuasion • concerns about drugs for depression – and drug trials • five praises a day • initials that affect performance • false confession • body clocks • an aid for family work • teenage mothers and babies’ cries • anxiety in pregnancy • music and stroke • art and Alzheimer’s • coping with pain • working memory overload

When words can’t say it all
Pat Williams on the power of concentrated attention

Our many minds and the opera of life
Pat Williams shares a powerful metaphor for bringing about transformation

The magic hoover
A story by Chris Dyas about how a girl in the secure care system made a life-changing decision

Myth of the chemical cure
Joanna Moncrieff reveals to Farouk Okhai some alarming little-known truths about psychiatric drugs

"Just what we need"
Linda Hoggan and Carmen Kane describe their innovative and highly popular programme for parents

A lesson in teaching
Jonathan Solity explains a teaching method that could change education

On the receiving end
How a former alcoholic, drug addict and violent criminal found a way to start anew. By Paula Bruce

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