Jo is one of the brightest students at her university, but now she can't cope ... Everyone's concerned - can anyone actually help?
Jo is now an in-patient at Maybury. Meanwhile, Dr Roebuck sees the Stones, a young married couple, as out-patients. He can help them with their sexual difficulties - but are their problems deeper than they seem?
Ronnie Winter is an alcoholic. He leaves the hospital believing he can cope with the outside world. But will the outside world allow him to cope? Is an alcoholic ever cured?
Colin, a young labourer, suffers an acute breakdown. His mother is determined to care for him alone. Is her love enough? Can Roebuck offer any alternative if, as he suspects, Colin is schizophrenic?
Colin, a young schizophrenic, begins his hospital treatment. But Mary disrupts Roebuck's 'open' ward, which leads to a clash with the hospital authorities. Are Roebuck's patients potentially dangerous? If so, how can he protect others without betraying them?
Why did Dorothy's obsession with Hugo drive her to violence and despair? Who is Hugo?
Frank Caley's one-man demo outside Parliament leads to a clash with the police -then to a war with Maybury. Is Frank a visionary, an idealist, or a crank? Is it right to detain him against his will, even 'for his own good'?
Frank Caley finds plenty to attack in Maybury - first, the use of electro-convulsive therapy, then one of the nurses. A Mental Health Tribunal is set up to investigate the havoc Frank has either caused or revealed ... Is Frank any madder than the Mental Health Act?
Maisie is an eccentric Irishwoman who lives in a delapidated house with a collection of stray animals. When she takes in Mac, a tramp, she finds herself involved with the social services, then with psychiatry ... Does she need help at all? Is her painting a sign of madness, or genius?
Roebuck brings Maisie into the ward at Maybury while becoming involved in the case of Anne-Marie, a young depressive. Are his personal feelings swaying his professional judgment? Is one mistake leading to another even graver crisis?
Martin and Julia Charlton seem to be a model couple. Except that for 18 months Julia hasn't set foot outside the door ... When an accident traps Martin indoors with his wife, the house-bound couple are forced to seek outside help. Is Julia agoraphobic? What complicated games are being played behind the doors of the Charltons' model home?
The tragedy of Anne-Marie drives Eddie Roebuck into taking on more and more work. When a GP comes to him for psychiatric help, Eddie is brought face to face with his own growing strain... who can a doctor turn to? Is Roebuck isolated in his own dilemma?
Dr Roebuck is faced with a personal crisis and goes to stay with his friend David.
Dr Eddie Roebuck and his Department of Psychiatry are now housed in a GP hospital. The old Maybury General is being demolished and a new one built in its place.
Robert Clyde Moffat , who has billed himself as the boy who lost out forever, is challenged by Joanna. It is his first, cataclysmic encounter with the female sex.
Her head is hidden by a scarf; she haunts Roebuck's hostel for ex-patients; she won't go away. Her name is Alice. Who is she?
Alice won't remove .her scarf; still insists on being accepted at the hostel. It is all too much for Jenny. And Alice has another surprise in store.
Alice's past has many versions. Roebuck tries to unravel them. Perhaps only then can she show her face.
Larry Chalmers is having strange experiences. He sees his own image watching him; he dare not tell anyone. And Joe Wildego, working on short time, cannot cope with his enforced leisure.
Joe blames himself for his firm's bankruptcy, and Larry gradually comes to terms with his real destiny.