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By George Winokur and Ming T. Tsuang. 372 pp. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1996. $42.50. ISBN 0-88048-726-7.

In these times of overflowing information, when the medical books and articles published every year number in the thousands, it is difficult to recommend a new book to readers of the Journal. This is even harder in the case of a book such as Winokur and Tsuang's The Natural History of Mania, Depression, and Schizophrenia, which is a summary of previously published articles. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this book and found it worthwhile.

The book summarizes the "Iowa 500," a landmark, long-term study of the natural course of psychosis in approximately 500 patients admitted to the Iowa Psychiatric Hospital from 1934 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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