Positivity in illness : /equine assisted therapy / anarchic hand / seeing words.

The first item on the programme looks at how having a positive attitude to illness can aid recovery. The second item is about STEPPS, a rehabilitation centre in Gloucester which is using horses to help patients with addictions, depression and eating disorders to recover. The third item is about what happens if you can't control the actions of one of your hands. An intriguing new case of Alien Hand Syndrome has just been reported in the journal Surgical Neurology. The final item is about synaesthesia.