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Books Received

The following books are presented here as a service to our readership to alert them of new titles and as a courtesy to those who have sent copies of these books to the Journal office.

The Psychotherapy of Hope: The Legacy of Persuasion and Healing, edited by Renato D. Alarcon, M.D., M.P.H. and Julia B. Frank, M.D. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012, 368 pp., $55.00.

Marijuana and Madness, 2nd ed., edited by David Castle, Robin M. Murray, and Deepak Cyril D'Souza. Cambridge University Press, 2012, 252 pp., $85.00.

Freeing Yourself From Anxiety: 4 Simple Steps to Overcome Worry and Create the Life You Want, by Tamar E. Chansky, Ph.D. Da Capo Press, 2012, 336 pp., $16.00 (paper).

The Psychosomatic Assessment: Strategies to Improve Clinical Practice, edited by G.A. Fava, N. Sorino, T.N. Wise. Karger, 2011, 246 pp., $49.00.

Benevolence, by Cynthia Holz. Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2011, 320 pp., $25.95.

Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster, by Jon A. Shaw, M.D., M.S., Zelde Espinel, M.D., M.A., M.P.H., and James M. Shultz, M.S., Ph.D. American Psychiatric Publishing, 2012, 243 pp., $54.00 (paper).

Effective Treatments in Psychiatry, by Peter Tyrer and Kenneth R. Silk. Cambridge University Press, 2011, 576 pp., $50.00 (paper).

Social Perspective: The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice, by Richard U'Ren. University of Toronto Press, 2011, 224 pp., $45.00.

Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine, by Lisa Wong, M.D. with Robert Viagas. Pegasus Books, 2012, 384 pp., $27.95.