A man in two minds

Deirdre Bair's diligent biography of Carl Jung reveals his divided personality, but the more we know about him the less real he becomes, says Adam Phillips

The first cut was the deepest

Does plastic surgery change the 'inner you'? Catherine Bennett tries to find out in Virginia L Blum's Flesh Wounds

Borderline personality

Jacqueline Rose reveals her understanding of women on the edge of reason in a collection of essays on psychoanalysis, On Not Being Able to Sleep, says Nicholas Lezard

No ifs, no butts

Packing It in the Easy Way by Allen Carr may be persuasive but it's not addictive, says Jo Revill

Tell me something I don’t know

Allen Carr is the giving-up-smoking guru, helping millions kick the habit. Sally Vincent has been a dyed-in-the-wool smoker for decades. And then they met...

Rely on your better half

Trauma is real but the cure is all in the mind. Chris Brewin assesses the evidence in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Health check

Bedside Stories, Michael Foxton's account of life as a junior doctor, makes Phil Whitaker chuckle

Pull yourself together!

Blake Morrison is not impressed by Frank Furedi's Therapy Culture, a critique of the modern world that harks back to a supposed 'golden age' of the stiff upper lip