David B. Arciniegas, M.D., is Chief Medical Officer at the Center for Mental Health in Montrose, Colorado; Director of Education at the Marcus Institute for Brain Health; and Clinical Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado. Stuart C. Yudofsky, M.D., is Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman and Drs. Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Presidential Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine; and Chairman Department of Psychiatry at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A., is Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
The main focus of this book is on reviewing the various neuropsychiatric disorders, which it does quite well. One chapter that is particularly helpful is on neurobiological bases of cognition, emotion, and behavior, which provides an excellent model for understanding the neurobiology of neuropsychiatric symptomatology. This is a high-quality book that provides an essential update of the fifth edition. -- Eric Gausche, M.D. * Doody's Book Review *