Book excerpt: Completely updated and reformatted for greater practicality, Glass' Office Gynecology, Sixth Edition guides practitioners through the full range of clinical problems in the ambulatory care of women. It offers tips for examination, laboratory testing, diagnostic procedures, treatment, counseling, and follow-up and addresses specific concerns in the care of pediatric, adolescent, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal patients. This edition has new chapters on surgical and medical abortion, lifestyle modification counseling, primary management of common psychiatric disorders, and complementary and alternative medicine. Treatment algorithms have been added to every chapter. Where appropriate, end-of-chapter appendices provide forms for office use, phone numbers, and procedure instructions.