Editors: Theodore A. Stern, MD; Maurizio Fava, MD; Timothy E. Willens, MD; and Jerrold G. Rosenbaum, MD
Publisher: Elsevier – 1,038 pages
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani

The Massachusetts General Hospital is one of the most widely-known and respected places in the world in the field of psychiatry. This book, as the title suggests, provides in its second edition, coverage of a wide-ranging list of psychological abnormalities, conditions and disorders, along with diagnostic and treatment modalities and programs.

One hundred eighty-six specialists in various areas of psychiatric practice wrote the 21 chapters of this book which we list below to give you an overview of coverage. Most of these contributors are from the Boston area, and are affiliated with Harvard Medical School and/or Massachusetts General Hospital.

  1. Approach to the Patient
  2. Human Development
  3. Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
  4. The Psychotherapies
  5. Psychiatric Diagnoses and Condition
  6. Disorders of Cognition
  7. Mental Disorders Due to Another Medical Condition
  8. Sleep Disorders
  9. Psychiatric Disorders
  10. Treatment Approaches
  11. Special Topics in Psychiatry
  12. Psychosomatic Medicine
  13. Psychiatric Epidemiology and Statistics
  14. Genetics and Psychiatry
  15. Social and Community Psychiatry
  16. Child Psychiatry
  17. Geriatric Psychiatry
  18. XVIII. Neuropsychiatry
  19. Law and Psychiatry
  20. Care in Special Settings
  21. Preparing for the Future

This book is fairly easy to use. As you look at the chapters, you will find these common material elements organized systematically in most, if not all of them:

  • Key Points – at the beginning of each chapter
  • Overview – a few paragraphs briefly discussing the coverage of the chapter
  • Headings of Topics – with discussions in textual and graphical form
  • Conclusion – at the end of each chapter that summarizes what was discussed
  • Key References – a bibliography of sources used for the book, as well as for further study

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Editors:

Theodore A. Stern, MD is chief of the Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital; Director of the Office for Clinical Careers at the hospital; and the Ned H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine / Consultation at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Maurizio Fava, MD is Director of the Clinical Research; Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry; Executive Director of the Clinical Trials and Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Timothy E. Willens, MD is a member of the Senior Staff in Child Psychology and Pediatric Psychopharmacology; Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Associate Professor of  Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jerrold G. Rosenbaum, MD is Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, Chair of the Executive Committee on Research at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Stanley Club Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.