The development of mental health nursing, Peter Nolan; issues in the development of community mental health services, Tony Butterworth and David Rushforth; stress in mental health nursing - a review of the literature, Lynda Dunn and Susan Ritter; stress in mental health nursing - a socio-political analysis, Jocelyn Handy; the Claybury CPN stress study - background and methodology, Leonard Fagin and Heather Bartlett; findings from the Claybury study for ward-based psychiatric nurses and comparisons with community psychiatric nurses, John Leary and Daniel Brown; findings from the Claybury study for community psychiatric nurses, Daniel Brown and John Leary; findings from the qualitative measures for community psychiatric nurses, Jerome Carson et al; coping with stress in mental health nursing, Susan Ritter et al; future directions in community psychiatric nursing research, Kevin Gournay; implications and conclusions, Jerome Carson et al.