Ghaemi raises dozens of thought-provoking questions in the midst of his tour through the concepts of psychiatry. -- John Z. Sadler, M.D. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2005 This interesting and well-written volume can both enhance the reader's conceptual approach to understanding psychiatry and assist the reader's avoidance of dogmatism on the one hand and conceptual 'glibness' on the other... A valuable contribution to our literature and an important extension of McHugh and Slavney's 1998 text, The Perspectives of Psychiatry. -- James W. Lomax, M.D. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2004 After the narrow confines of most psychiatric writing, it is refreshing to read an author who can quote knowingly from both Seymour Kety and William James and who can competently discuss topics as diverse as the mind-body problem and the relevance for psychiatry of Epicurus and Sufism. The book is a reminder of the rich banquet of conceptual and philosophical issues that are of relevance to our field but rarely make it into the standard literature. -- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D. Psychological Medicine 2004 A sensational success when it comes to waking us up from our conceptually impoverished stupors... Ghaemi has given us a book that is not only painfully unusual by today's standards, but so stubbornly and clearly thought out as well. -- Andres Martin, M.D., M.P.H. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry The book is intended for thinking psychiatrists, but thinking patients stand to benefit perhaps even more. -- John McManamy McMan's Depression and Bipolar Weekly 2006 I highly recommend this book to professionals in the mental health field, although others-such as hospital administrators, educators, and the intelligent layperson-may also find it stimulating and thought provoking. -- Victor A. COlotla PsycCRITIQUES 2010 Ghaemi's grasp is wide. His book will be as much disturbing as satisfying but will provide the reader a sense of where our field has been and where it may need to go. -- Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D. American Journal of Psychiatry 2010