This is a pivotal book for our profession, and please do read it! ...The book edited by Bhugra, Malik and Ikkos should (and will) become a reference text for all those interested in the future of the psychiatric profession and mental health care practice. This is a pivotal book for our profession, and please do read it! This book is a fascinating account of how the psychiatric profession has envolved and where it should be heading, and of the high level of scientific foundation, differentiation and discourse on which it can build. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica