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Edited by Patrick D. McGorry and Henry J. Jackson. 495 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999. $90. ISBN 0-521-55383-0.

This book presents mainly the experiences of a group of Australian psychiatrists in the early recognition and treatment of psychosis. It addresses a major new issue in psychiatry: prevention of chronic psychiatric illness. At last, serious investigative studies are under way to attempt to prevent, rather than reverse, the effects of serious mental disorders. The difficulty with the book is that it is in part a how-to manual, in part a missionary tract, and in part a theoretical discussion of disease classification and orientation. The three threads are not well integrated.

The practical issues are well discussed in the book. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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