Issue 118, March 1999
This shrinking life
Why the obsession with therapy is bad for our heads - and everything else
With an estimated half a million therapists now advising us on how to live, Dr Jennifer Cunningham counsels that it is time Britain got off the couch
'Emotional literacy' is the new language of a society of self-absorbed, atomised individuals, argues Linda Ryan
Mark Pendergrast concludes that false memory syndrome is probably behind an award-winning 'memoir' of the Holocaust
The rise of work-related therapy is a manipulative management strategy, says Bruce Charlton MD
Trained, professional counsellors appear to get no better results than 'cowboys', reports Alex Howard
Under the insidious influence of the trauma industry, argues Yvonne McEwen, people are learning not to cope with tragedy
A decade on, reports Nick Anning, the real lessons of Nottingham's satanic abuse panic continue to be ignored
4 Mick Hume: What about the right to be offensive?
6 LM Online
8 Taboos exchange: Equal rights or discrimination for disability? Christina McGill, Margie Woodward and Jennie Bristow
10 Gulf War syndrome does not exist Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
12 Counter the counselling culture Dr Jennifer Cunningham
15 Corporate counselling Bruce Charlton MD
16 Can you rely on registered counselling? Alex Howard
18 Manufacturing victims Yvonne McEwen
20 Are you emotionally literate? Linda Ryan
22 Parenting experts can damage your health Virginia Hume
24 Good enough parents are good enough Dorothy Einon
25 Opinion: Why we must defend vile scum Ann Bradley
26 False memoirs of the Holocaust Mark Pendergrast
29 Satanic abuse fiction Nick Anning
30 LM Mail
32 Cultural diversity can make you dumber Mark Ryan
34 Culture Wars conference
36 Interview with Cathy de Monchaux Aidan Campbell
38 Newspapers selling readers short Melanie Phillips
39 The new open-minded TV John Ellis
40 Docusoap meets current affairs Claire Fox
42 An Englishwoman in Washington: Partisan cheese Helen Searls
43 Second opinion: Domestic violence - NOT a healthcare issue Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
44 alt.culture.lm Is Asian Fusion the new musical explosion or the latest over-hyped media darling?
46 LM Classified
47 Reading between the lines Gender, impotence and teenage angst