For undergraduate and graduate educators in psychiatry, mental health, and occupational therapy, and students in art therapy, Tischler (psychiatry-behavioral sciences, U. of Nottingham, UK) brings together 13 chapters that explore how the arts can inform the teaching and practice of psychiatrists and mental health professionals. Written by a group of psychiatrists, family medicine specialists, a philosopher, and art therapists from Europe and the US, the chapters are based on Tischler's Arts in Psychiatry course and discuss the value of connecting the two fields; how to establish a course; the histories of arts in psychiatry and arts therapy; the role of creative writing courses, film, drama, and literature; the work of psychiatrist and art collector Hans Prinzhorn; the role of poetry in explaining mental illness; the experience of mania from arts and psychological perspectives; community arts; and music appreciation and the blues. Published by Radcliffe Publishing, UK, and distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)