Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of Perspectives on "Hysteria" and co-author, with Paul R. McHugh, M.D., of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, also available from Johns Hopkins.

The book is wonderfully down to earth and humane. This will prove to be a useful teaching and reference text for both residents and experienced practitioners. Family Medicine I know many physicians who would like their own liaison psychiatrist in their pocket (in more ways than one). Those who work at Johns Hopkins now have just that. This book comprises the portable advice of the Johns Hopkins Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine to help physicians with some of the commonest psychiatric issues they encounter. -- Eleanor Feldman Psychological Medicine

• ForewordPreface and AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Clinical AssessmentChapter 2. DeliriumChapter 3. DemoralizationChapter 4. Suicidal ThinkingChapter 5. Competence to Refuse Medical AdviceIndex

Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of Perspectives on "Hysteria" and co-author, with Paul R. McHugh, M.D., of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, also available from Johns Hopkins.

The book is wonderfully down to earth and humane. This will prove to be a useful teaching and reference text for both residents and experienced practitioners. Family Medicine I know many physicians who would like their own liaison psychiatrist in their pocket (in more ways than one). Those who work at Johns Hopkins now have just that. This book comprises the portable advice of the Johns Hopkins Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine to help physicians with some of the commonest psychiatric issues they encounter. -- Eleanor Feldman Psychological Medicine

• ForewordPreface and AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Clinical AssessmentChapter 2. DeliriumChapter 3. DemoralizationChapter 4. Suicidal ThinkingChapter 5. Competence to Refuse Medical AdviceIndex

Phillip R. Slavney, M.D., is Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of Perspectives on "Hysteria" and co-author, with Paul R. McHugh, M.D., of The Perspectives of Psychiatry, also available from Johns Hopkins.

The book is wonderfully down to earth and humane. This will prove to be a useful teaching and reference text for both residents and experienced practitioners. Family Medicine I know many physicians who would like their own liaison psychiatrist in their pocket (in more ways than one). Those who work at Johns Hopkins now have just that. This book comprises the portable advice of the Johns Hopkins Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine to help physicians with some of the commonest psychiatric issues they encounter. -- Eleanor Feldman Psychological Medicine

• ForewordPreface and AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Clinical AssessmentChapter 2. DeliriumChapter 3. DemoralizationChapter 4. Suicidal ThinkingChapter 5. Competence to Refuse Medical AdviceIndex