Why are so many drugs involved in the treatment of bipolar disorder?

What are the differences between the two types of antipsychotic drugs?

Why are some people offered depot injections?

Does everybody respond to antipsychotic medication? If people don’t respond, how are they treated?

Why is clozapine different from other antipsychotics?

How do doctors decide which antipsychotic drug to prescribe?

Does a bigger dose make an antipsychotic drug more effective?

Should people who are unwell, and their family members, be involved in the discussion about what drugs to prescribe?

What is happening inside the brain when people hear voices?

If you hear voices, does that mean you have psychosis?

Voices in psychosis

Treatment of voices

The role of neurotransmitters like dopamine and glutamate

What is schizophrenia?

What are the first signs of schizophrenia?

How is a diagnosis of schizophrenia made?

Is medication always necessary to treat schizophrenia?

What is paranoid schizophrenia?

Why do psychiatrists change so much?

Getting information from mental health professionals about your relative

What is recovery?

What is a 'peer professional'?

How do mental health services need to change to support recovery?

What are psychotic-like experiences?

If someone has psychotic-like experiences, should they see a doctor?

What is post traumatic stress disorder?

Post traumatic stress disorder or psychosis? The possibility of misdiagnosis

Trauma and psychosis

Treatments for post traumatic stress disorder

Post traumatic stress disorder as a result of psychosis

Does smoking cannabis increase the risk of developing psychosis?

Can you inherit schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?

Do you have to use a lot of cannabis to increase the risk of psychosis? Is the risk increased if you are just a casual user?

Is stress a potentially contributing factor to the development of psychosis?

The importance of dopamine and the part it has to play in the development of psychosis

What is puerperal (postpartum) psychosis?

How is puerperal (postpartum) psychosis treated?

What causes puerperal (postpartum) psychosis?

Preventing puerperal (postpartum) psychosis

Perinatal psychiatric services

Are women with puerperal (postpartum) psychosis ever sectioned?

How can a vocational specialist help people with psychosis?

What is 'individual placement and support'?

Volunteering

How can a family member best support someone who wants to go back to work?

Advice for getting back to work after a long period of unemployment

What are ‘reasonable adjustments’ at work?

How do you get the support of a vocational specialist?

What is cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis?

What sort of symptoms can CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) for psychosis help?

What happens during a CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) for psychosis session?

When is the best time to have cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for psychosis?

Does CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) for psychosis help everybody?

Can you take a friend or relative to CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) for psychosis sessions?

Why do older people experience the symptoms of psychosis?

How do doctors treat hallucinations and delusions experienced by older people?

Antipsychotics and the 'behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia' (BPSD)

What kind of delusions and hallucinations do people with dementia experience?

Is there a difference between psychiatric nurses and mental health nurses?

What is the role of a mental health nurse on a ward?

On a ward: do nurses spend enough time talking to patients?

Security and safety on a psychiatry ward

What is the role of a mental health nurse in a community-based team?

What are arts therapies?

Mental Health Act: police powers (Sections 136 and 135)

Mental Health Act: 'nearest relative'

Mental Health Act: Section 17 leave

Mental Health Act: discharge and afterwards

Mental Health Act: responsible clinician

Mental Health Act: Section 37 and Section 41

Mental Health Act: assessment, Section 2, Section 3 and Section 4

Community treatment orders/supervised community treatment

Strategies to deal with violence

My relative finds it hard to get up in the morning. How can I help?

Should I encourage my relative to spend time with friends and family, and how do I do that?

How can I persuade my relative to take medication regularly?

Occupational therapists: what is their role in mental health services?

Hypomania and bipolar 2 disorder

When does bipolar disorder develop?

Making a diagnosis of bipolar disorder

My parent has bipolar disorder. Does this mean I will develop it?

What is bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder: treatment

Bipolar disorder: staying well

Care coordinators and care planning

Should mental health professionals talk to family members about their relative's diagnosis and treatment?

What is family therapy?

What are forensic mental health services?

The difference between forensic mental health services and prison

What's the difference between an advance statement, an advance directive and a joint crisis plan?

What is stigma?

Treatment and care: an assessment

Approved Mental Health Professionals and Mental Health Act assessments

Stigma: carers' views

Carers' assessments

Support and training for family members