Audrey Grant came to work in Castle Craig from the Mediterranean island of Malta. She now runs the Woman's Group at Castle Craig, an activity that helps women in treatment to open up, identify with each other and accept their past and move on.

A healthy and undamaged pre-frontal cortex is one that works well.  But research is now showing us that the pre-frontal cortex is significantly damaged in drug and alcohol abusers and addicts, and this impairs planning and decision making abilities and can lead to impulsive and antisocial behaviour.  But recovery is possible.

Everyone has heard of "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" but how many people really know what it is? In this video Linda Hill, an EMDR consultant and senior psychotherapist at Castle Craig Hospital, describes the effect of trauma on the brain.

Last night, in Edinburgh University's Appleton Tower, Neil McKeganey and Stanton Peele faced up in a debate about the future of the UK's harm reduction policies.