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Kate Allan, The Policy Press, Marston Book Services, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4YN, £16.95

This publication examines and evaluates the effectiveness of different approaches to the involvement of people with dementia. It also studies the extent to which the values of person-centred dementia care can inform everyday practice in mainstream services. There is useful guidance and information for those developing policies, to supervisors, individual staff and staff trainers.

Let’s Mediate: A Teachers’ Guide to Peer Support and Conflict Resolution Skills for all Ages

Hilary Stacey and Pat Robinson, Lucky Duck Publishing, 3 Thorndale Mews, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2HX, £19

This guide shows how to enable young people to move through, and learn from, their naturally occurring conflicts to interpersonal co-operation and self-assurance. It is relevant to those working in education or social care settings who wish to develop structured peer mediation. It covers the concept of emotional literacy and positive self concepts within an accessible format and lays out a range of structured activities.

Royal College of Psychiatrists,17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG, or via www.stigma.org/everyfamily  £11.75

A CD-Rom and e-book resource that aims to inform a range of care professionals, and a wider audience, about discriminatory attitudes and practices. Eighty authors have contributed texts to nine sections; including health and social care professionals and service users. Six major groups of mental illness are addressed, ranging from depression to drug dependency.