Fredric Neuman

Recently-graduated psychiatrist Dr. Abe Redden finds himself drafted into the US Army and posted to Germany in 1961, at the height of the Cold War. As well as the imminent end of life on Earth, he has to deal with a hospital covered in improvised scaffolding and a Chief Psychiatrist who has declared war on bedwetting in the Army. Even that wouldn't be too much to cope with until one night, while he is duty Doctor at the hospital emergency room, he encounters a heavily pregnant and extremely ill young woman who dies, more or less in his arms.
This is the cue for Redden to be drawn into a web of crime, espionage, ex-Nazis and a psychotic MP investigating the disappearance of the dead girl's intelligence officer boyfriend. All of this ties in to a communication with a KGB defector who the missing man may be connected with.
In all, an excellent comedy coupled with a genuinely perplexing whodunnit, steeped in period detail and a steady hand for characterisation and pacing. This has made Manoeuvres one of my ten desert-island books. Deserves to be more widely read.… (meer)

CARING
Home Caregiving for a Loved One with Emotional Illness
Fredric Neuman, M.D.

What psychiatrist Fredric Neuman provides is a guide for the various people—including family members, paraprofessional therapists, and professionals—who are called upon to help those suffering from mental and emotional disorders. He gives no easy answers. Instead, he offers practical and useful advice that allows families and other involved persons to work with the primary therapist to determine treatment. Through the straightforward presentation of representative cases Dr. Neuman is able to shed much needed light on the dark passages of emotional illness. The return to mental health is never simple, but there is hope. Caring will help those involved discover that hope through understanding.… (meer)