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Edited by Avraham Calev. 508 pp. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1999. $72.95. ISBN 0-88048-912-X.

A century ago, Emil Kraepelin described profound mental disturbances in patients with the illness he termed dementia praecox, which is known today as schizophrenia. These patients had not only the hallucinations and delusions that are commonly associated with schizophrenia but also had deficits in thinking, attention, and volition. Although these deficits were not originally the main focus of psychiatric inquiry, it has become increasingly evident that having knowledge of impaired cognitive processing is crucial to understanding and treating psychiatric disorders.

In fact, as one learns in reading Assessment of Neuropsychological Functions in Psychiatric Disorders, it is not at all uncommon . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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