Editorial: Being heard, but not helped — (Read)

How We Are: news, views and information
Exercise as therapy • home treatment • when cancer information is too much • support for distress • antipsychotic drug side effects • SSRI discontinuation symptoms • eating problems in children • unvoiced agendas in GP consultations • effective treatments in child psychiatry • placebos for depression • unrecognised sleep disorders • body dysmorphia • asking the right questions

All in the family
Pat Williams on the pervasiveness of cult behaviour

Bringing the help to home
Professor Marcellino Smyth illustrates the effectiveness of home treatment for helping people who are severely mentally ill

When love is not enough
Children who have been severely disturbed by abuse need to be parented with power as well as love. By Nancy Thomas

Learning curve
Denise Davies describes an uplifting experience in the workplace

“This trembling web”: the brain and beyond
Joe Griffin talks to Professor Ian Robertson about psychological impacts on the brain and how the mind is affected by therapy

Face on: discovering resilience to disfigurement
Clare Cooper says the skills for living successfully with facial disfigurement can be learned at any age

The high price of working with traumatised children
The majority of health professionals are adversely affected by work with traumatised children. Joan Burns describes her research findings

On reflection
Richard Miller explains why reflective practice is basic to good therapy

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