First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The psychology of humour and laughter, Hugh Foot; do babies need mothers?, Gill Harris; the social context of eating disorders, Alan Blair; child sexual abuse, Glyn Thomas; sex differences and gender relations - yes, but who does the washing up?, Christine Griffin; the myths and realities of rape, Pattie Mazelan; bereavement, Barbara Dodd; AIDS - psychology, social and political reactions to a modern epidemic, Keith Phillips and David White; problem drug use, Moira Hamlin; alchohol abuse - the ins and the outs, Clive Eastman; government and tobacco - economics, ethics and epidemics, Alan Norris; animal experiments in psychology, Glyn Thomas; racial prejudice, Ray Cochrane; work, unemployment and mental health, Graham Stokes; social issues and policing - politics of psychology, Susan Phillips; lie detection - lies and truths, Douglas Carroll; is TV violence harmful?, Guy Cumberbatch; the language of television news, Howard Davies; TV ads - what do we see through them?, Michael Green; psychology and the nuclear threat, Chris Leach.