Original ideas are needed in developing new interventions for psychosis, and computer-assisted therapy for auditory hallucinations is one such novel approach. As with any early-phase development, it will require further refinement and evaluation. There are now a range of ongoing studies into different intervention strategies and these promise to enhance the therapeutic potency of clinical psych...

The history of electron probe analysis in the USA in its first two decades is reviewed, with reference to the personalities which were involved, the development of instrumentation and theory, and the technical problems and limitations of that era.