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By Norman S. Miller. 300 pp. New York, John Wiley, 1995. $54.95. ISBN 0-471-56201-7.

This book has appeared at a propitious time. Last year the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology began offering a subcertification in the field of addiction, and the Psychiatry Residency Review Committee recently mandated training in alcoholism and addictions during residency. Three decades of clinical research, greatly accelerated in the past decade, have provided abundant data for this book, as evidenced by its 665 references.

Indeed, Miller's greatest challenge must have been in deciding what to exclude from this introductory book. He has succeeded well in these 26 chapters, some only several pages long. Topics needing more substance, such as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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