Assessment, Rob Butler and Brice Pitt; epidemiology, Carol Brayne; delirium, Brice Pitt; Alzheimer's disease, Alistair Burns and Hans Forstl; vacular and other dementias, Martin Rosser and Jerry Brown; management of dementia, Tony Hope; depression, Robert Baldwin; mania, Ken Shulman; anxiety disorders and other neuroses, James Lindesay; late paraphrenia, Osvaldo Almeida; personality disorders and alcohol dependence, John Wattis; imaging, John Besson; services, Colin Godber and Henry Rosenvinge; liaison, Brice Pitt; residential and nursing homes, David Jolley et al; pharmacological treatments, Robert Baldwin and Alistair Burns; psychological treatments, Charles Twining; carers, Chris Gilleard; law, Peter Jeffreys; research, Dee Jones; patient management problems, Rob Butler and Brice Pitt.