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These two volumes represent the definitive reference book of psychiatry. Those involved in the treatment of mental illness and in the study of mental health issues will want to possess it. The book lives up to its claim of being comprehensive; it represents the views of 226 contributors who are leaders and experts in psychiatry and related behavioral scientific disciplines; it covers subjects ranging from fundamental topics such as psychopharmacology and theories of personality to highly specialized subjects such as psychohistory and creativity— and much more. The "much more" is represented by a number of chapters that have been added or elaborated since the first edition in 1967, including 250 pages devoted to normal and abnormal sexuality, and carefully prepared reviews of the recent contributions to psychiatry of the biological sciences, anthropology, sociology, and psychology. The modern psychiatrist, like all physicians, finds himself literally besieged by a geometrically increasing flow
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