Using the HAD scale, anxiety and depression were assessed in 18 mothers of mentally retarded psychotic children and a comparative group of 18 mothers of children with motor handicaps. Anxiety and depression scores were significantly higher among the mothers of the psychotic children, although no definite signs of depression were recorded.

A case illustrating the association between neonaticide and denial of pregnancy is reported. Neonaticide may be a relatively common form of homicide. In some cases it could be preventable, providing the physician responsible for antenatal care is alert.

A 25-year-old man with a variety of unusual ocular symptoms was fully investigated and no abnormality discovered. The suspicion of self-medication with a mydriatic was confirmed when homatropine was isolated in his tears. We describe a method for collecting tears which allowed biochemical confirmation at leisure.

A non-psychotic adult attempted surgically to reconstruct a foreskin for himself. The patient's membership of an organisation which lobbies against circumcision was contributory.

For nearly 20 years this 932-page gold-mine of information about early psychotherapy (up to about 10 years after Freud's death) has been available and has continued to sell steadily, now in paperback. I have only ever met one person who has read it all through.