REVIEWS

Feminism and Addiction, Claudia Bepko (Ed.). New York.
Feminist Perspectives on Addictions, Nan Van Den Bergh (Ed.). New York.
Engendered Lives, Ellyn Kaschak. New York.
Seldom Seen, Rarely Heard: Women's Place in Psychology, Jams Bohan (Ed.).
Still Loved by the Sun: A Rape Survivor's Journal, Migael Scherer. New York.     

Review article

A training need to help core trainees prepare for the psychotherapy long case was identified. We prepared and showed a training DVD to all core psychiatric trainees at South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS trust. A questionnaire was designed to receive feedback from trainees. A total of 26 trainees participated. All trainees found the DVD informative. Most trainees found the DVD helpful in reducing their anxieties prior to taking on a long case. All trainees found the DVD accurately reflected their experience of psychotherapy and supervision. Using simulated and technology-aided learning material is a useful and economical way of introducing psychotherapy skills to core psychiatry trainees before the clinical supervised experience of a long case.     

Overcoming Performance Slumps: Psychological Resilience in Expert Cricket Batsmen

The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of performance slumps in cricket from the perspective of psychological resilience. Findings from a thematic analysis of a focus group (n?=?4 athletes) and one-to-one interviews (n?=?10 athletes) with 14 expert cricket batsmen indicated that numerous factors associated with psychological resilience protected players experiencing poor performance from the negative effects of stress, enabling them to successfully implement strategies to overcome slumps. These strategies fostered the strengthening and acquisition of technical, tactical, and psychosocial resources that protected players against future slumps. The findings suggest practical strategies to aid players experiencing slumps to overcome their performance difficulties.