Part 1 Our roots: a momentous experiment, Tom Harrison; social psychiatry, David Clarke; psychoanalytic origins, R.D. Hinshelwood; group analytic ideas, Davey Rawlinson; nursing, Richard Byrt. Part 2 Modern practice: joining and leaving, Kingsley Norton; boundaries, Penelope Campling; ethics and consent, Jane Knowles; sound and fury, Theresa Black; creativity and play, Bridget Higgins and Chris Newrith. Part 3 Specialist communities: chaotic personalities, Penelope Campling; schizophrenia, Geoff Pullen; community care, Sarah Tucker; the prison communities, Roland Woodward; children and adolescents, Melvyn Rose. Part 4 The future: training , Yannis Tsegos; research, Janine Lees; survival and growth in the marketplace, Steffan Davies; European therapeutic communities, David Kennard; the mysterious ingredients, Rex Haigh.

