Introduction / Paul Williams -- 1. Psychosis and violence / Leslie Sohn -- 2. Sorrow, vulnerability and madness / Michael Conran -- 3. How can you keep your hair on? / Michael Sinason -- 4. The delusions of the non-remitting schizophrenias: parallels with childhood phantasies -- 5. Managing psychotic patients in a day hospital setting / Richard Lucas -- 6. Destructive narcissism and The singing detective / David Bell