Editorials:

Simon M. Gilbody

NICE work?: Potential and problems for psychiatry in the new National Health Service
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 513-516. [PDF]  

Original papers:

David Protheroe and Allan House

In-patient liaison psychiatry in the UK: A neglected option for improving the psychiatric care of medical patients
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 525-527. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jennie Black, Barry Wright, Chris Williams, and Rob Smith

Paediatric liaison service
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 528-530. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ian Partridge, Carol Redmond, Chris Williams, Jennie Black, and Greg Richardson

Evaluating family therapy in a child and adolescent mental health service
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 531-533. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vijay Bhatti, Jeremy Kenney-Herbert, Rosemarie Cope, and Martin Humphreys

The Mental Health Act 1983: Views of Section 12(2)-approved doctors on selected areas of current legislation
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 534-536. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael James and Robert F. Kehoe

Using the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales in clinical practice
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 536-538. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael Lawson, Paul Wolfson, and Chrissie Strickland

User involvement in care planning: The Care Programme Approach (CPA) from the users' perspective
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 539-541. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. Shaikh, R. Ireland, M. McBreen, and R. Ramana

Audit of a recently introduced stimulus dosing policy in an electroconvulsive therapy clinic
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 541-543. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mervyn London, Eddi Paul, and Ioanna Gkolia

Ultra-rapid opiate detoxification in hospital
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 544-546. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Special articles:

Jill Chaloner

The fictive personality revisited: Psychiatric admission as a consequence of Princess Diana's death
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 559-561. [PDF]  

Anne Patterson

The publication of case studies and confidentiality — an ethical predicament
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 562-564. [PDF]  

Rezaul Islam

Mental health services in the Seychelles
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 565-567. [PDF]  

Drug information quarterly:

David Taylor

Depot antipsychotics revisited
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 551-553. [PDF]  

Ian Maidment

Update on the use of new anticonvulsants as mood stabilisers
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 554-558. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Book reviews:

Christopher Cordess

Maudsley Discussion Paper No. 2. Disputed Confessions and the Criminal Justice System: By Gisli H. Gudjonsson & James MacKeith. London: Institute of Psychiatry. 1997. 20 pp. £2.95
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 572-573. [PDF]  

Nicholas Broughton

Inside. One Man's Experience of Prison: By John Hoskison. London: John Murray. 1998. 211 pp. £15.99 (hb). ISBN 0-7195-5569-8
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 573. [PDF]  

Miscellany:

MRCPsych Examination help - the website for psychiatrists
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 574. [PDF]  

College Research Unit
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 574. [PDF]  

Autism '99 - Internet conference
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 574. [PDF]  

International Neuropsychiatric Association
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 574. [PDF]  

New Publications
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 574-575. [PDF]  

Forthcoming events:

Forthcoming events
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 576-NP. [PDF]  

Correspondence:

John Lowe

Relationships with patients
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 569. [PDF]  

Oladimeji Kareem

The value of advocacy: putting ethics in to practice
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 569. [PDF]  

Damian Gamble

The value of advocacy: putting ethics in to practice
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 569-570. [PDF]  

Rajen Shah

Guidelines for the police and psychiatric services
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 570. [PDF]  

Dora Kohen

Healthy debate about the fragmentation of services
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 570-571. [PDF]  

Larry Culliford, Stephen Goff-Beardsley, and Terry Atkinson

Usefulness of HoNOS
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 571. [PDF]  

The College:

The New College Helpline/Information Service
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 568. [PDF]  

Education and training:

Shiona Macdonald

The Scottish Health Advisory Service visit: A model for training in psychiatry
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 547-548. [PDF]  

Margaret Butterworth and Gill Livingston

Medical student education: The role of caregivers and families
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 549-550. [PDF]  

Review articles:

Thomas Szasz

Medical incapacity, legal incompetence and psychiatry
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 517-519. [PDF]  

George Szmukler and Frank Holloway

Response to Szasz: Medical incapacity, legal incompetence and psychiatry
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 520-521. [PDF]  

John Hillery, David Tomkin, and Adam McAuley

An Irish perspective on patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment
Psychiatric Bulletin 1999 v. 23, p. 522-524. [PDF]  

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