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The article presents notes on references of each chapters discussed in the book "From the Mental Patient to the Person." In the chapter titled "Introduction," several scientist have written papers on the "moral careers" of mental patients; historical collection of mad people's writings; views of "patients" are beset by theoretical difficulties; mental patients are but the constructs of medicine and their perspectives thereby contaminated; detailed ethnography of ex-mental patients in the community; a video-educational package which attempts to give voice to the experiences of people with a history of schizophrenic illness. Various perspectives of consumers of mental health services within a professional framework are available from the work conducted by World Health Organization. In the seventh chapter "The Person Predicament," scientists have discussed about the lives of people with schizophrenia, which are shaped by political, economic and labor market forces and the homeless mentally ill in the United States.

The article focuses on practical aspects of providing psychiatric treatment to older Americans in office-based psychiatric private practices. The author discusses the mechanics of the process of treatment. One important focuses of community-based psychiatric ambulatory care is the need to create relationships with other community services and providers of care and assistance.