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Edited by Allan Tasman, Jerald Kay, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman. 1900 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1997. $225. ISBN 0-7216-5255-7.

First editions of new textbooks often reflect prodigious effort, but rarely are they great books. In almost all medical fields, the length of the preparation process leaves some of the material a bit outdated by the time of publication, and the participation of many authors presents problems of style and readability. Rarely are first editions able to present a balanced view of the field. These problems are made worse in psychiatry, which is developing in many directions. Psychiatry encompasses scholars and clinicians with extremely diverse views on nosology, etiology, and treatment. Given all these potential problems, Tasman, Kay, and Lieberman . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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