Melvin Sabshin's "persona perspective" is fascinating and brilliant. This is the remarkable history of the transition in psychiatry from ideology to science, written by someone who helped make this transition happen. Dr. Sabshin has "last word" on where we have been and where we are going in psychiatry. Steve S. Sharfstein,M.D., President & CEO, Sheppard Pratt Health System; Clinical Professor & Vice Chair, Dept of Psychiatry University of Maryland; & Past President, American Psychiatric Association It is not surprising that Mel Sabshin would bring together the complexity of American psychiatry with enormous texture, substance and sophisticated nuance. Mel Sabshin directed the American Psychiatric Association for several decades in which his unique blend of brilliance and interpersonal skill helped lead the association and the field to increasing levels of accomplishment and through major challenges. This text is a marvelous compilation of those interesting and rich years and will provide interesting reading for any and all interested in American and world psychiatry. Hrebert Pardes, M.D.