For Those I Serve For more than five decades, I have been privileged to serve as a psychiatrist, caring for my patients and their families. For several years I have searched for the right way to give even more to the care I offered. I knew that I wanted to share more. I wished to better inform my patients and families. I cared for thousands of patients. I read hundreds of books, attended scores of conferences, and studied for oh so many tests and examinations in medicine and

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