N Sartorius. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002, £29.95, pp 266. ISBN 0 521 58243 1

This volume is a collection of essays and articles written by Norman Sartorius, the very eminent and influential psychiatrist. Fighting for Mental Health in Professor Sartorius’ judgement means fighting on three fronts—ensuring that psychiatric practice is based on evidence and experience, that it is part of medicine and develops mutually supportive …