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Edited by Marc Galanter and Herbert D. Kleber. 475 pp. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1994. $71.55. ISBN 0-88048-532-9.

Physicians caring for patients with substance abuse or dependence have to overcome the obstacle of the underemphasis on addictions in the curriculum at most medical schools. Given the high prevalence and often devastating nature of these syndromes, too little literature of good quality is easily available to the practitioner. The textbook edited by Galanter and Kleber is a solid addition to a relatively small number of textbooks to which the generalist may turn for aid in addressing these difficult, chronic, and multifactorial problems.

This book is a reworking of the substance-abuse and dependence sections of The Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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