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Volume 347:1458 October 31, 2002 Number 18
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Women's Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook

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Edited by Susan G. Kornstein and Anita H. Clayton. 638 pp. New York, Guilford Press, 2002. $65. ISBN 1-57230-699-8.

Less than a decade ago, as the editor-in-chief of American Psychiatric Press, I asked a senior colleague for an opinion about publishing a book on women's mental health. I was told that there were insufficient data to generate a full-length book and that a few papers might cover what was known. This 638-page book edited by Kornstein and Clayton illustrates how far we have come in a very short time.

The editors and authors of this book are to be congratulated for delivering a tour de force. They have produced a comprehensive, authoritative, and well-balanced book on sex and mental . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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