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Handbuch der psychologie. band 8. klinische psychologie
returning IO a more systrmattc stud\ of syntax. Richards. in a perceptive chapter dealing wtth the rrlattonshtp between biologtcat. social and tingu~isttc skills highlights the problems involved m the buildtng of theoretical models. many of v&ich are founded. rather unsteadil>. on a ground work of limited observations and spurious statistics. He calls for much more descriptive work in this area before somple\r model butlding begins. In conclusion therefore. it would seem that practical. experimental work in psycholinguistics continues to improve and develop, Theoretical models of how language develops. and the relattonship between linguisttc development and other areas of development. however. are still inadequate.
CKQMFK R. (1975) Remarks
addr~~d
to the Third
international
Child
Language Symposium.
London
This is the second part of the Yth volume of the Hartdhuch drrPs~choloyi~~: like the first part it is concerned v.ith clinical psychology. It is far too long to be properly reviewed here. and this may serve rather as an announcement of its appearance rather than a proper review. The first volume ran to we11 over one thousand pages_ and it seemed then that this was a trifle excessive: the second volume runs to well over two thousand pages. and is quite di%cuIt to hold in the hand--the proper test for a handbook. one would imagine. The book is certainly enhaustive (as well as exhausting!). but for anyone who wishes to see a complete review of the large body of literature that constitutes our knowledge in this field these two volumes will be indispensable. The present one deals particularly with methods of investigation and research. with clinical and psychological diagnostic methods. and wtth very detailed surveys of therapeutic intervention. Behaviour therapy is well represented and discussed in great detail. A special section is devoted to therapeutic intervention tn children and adolescents. and there are chapters on difticulties arising in school. at work. etc. The book ends with a sccrion on aetiology and prevention. with the reviewer‘s chapter on Genetic Factors in Psyehnlogical Abnarmahty being pretty weii a solitary voice in a chorus of env~ronm~ntaIjsm. It would be idle to cvcn try and indicate which chapters appeal io the reviewer. and which did not: the standard of competence is a very htgh one throughout. and the book will be a great standby even to those whose German is not pcrfcct enough to read it from cover to cover. One unfortunate feature: the references at the end of each chapter art: arranged in th e typically German fashion. i.e. being arranged in such a way that a new line is started only at the end of all the authors having a common initial letter. rather than after each author. This makes it vrrv difficult to find a given author, 3s compared with the ordinary American or English way of preparing >ists of references. Apart from this is an excellent handbook. worthy of figuring in anq’ academic Iibrarg. FL J. EYSESCK
L. J. WEST and D. E. FLINN (Eds): 7”rr~rrnunr of Schizophrenia: NW York (1976). xv + 291 pp. fl5.95. 522.50.
Progress
nrtd Prosprcrs.
Grune
and Stratton.
This volume deals with the rreatment of schizophrenia; given the disagreement about bath definition and aetiology. it is not surprising that treatment approaches are so diverse. The opening section is concerned with mod& of schizophrenia and includes a chapter by &bin presenting a model based on the hy-porhesis that vulnerability to stressful situations is essential in the development of schizophrenia; it provides a thoughtful consideration of possible causes of high vulnerability. The second section deals with psychopharmacological approaches to schizophrenia and includes a devastating critique of megavitamin therapy by Lipton. as well as two chapters on more conventional pharmacologtcal approaches. The third section considers individual psychotherapeutic approaches to schizophrenia. in one chapter of which Arieti presents his well known views. There follows an interesting discussion of group treatment methods by Ludwig who argues tha: it is essential to consider the possibility that increased inreraction may- sometimes be destructive or inetfectuat. Such considerations are also prominent in the chapter by Van Purren and May. in section V of the book. on milieu therapy for schizophrenia. They argue that such therapy may have harmful effects for patients showing severe cognitive disorganization. In general they conclude that. “milieu therapy in hospital adds little to the treatment of the ordinary schizophrenic patient ante gross neglect is corrected and adequate chemotherapy is used” (p. 239). Also in this section is a useful review by Liberman of behavioural approaches to treatment; in this he discusses techniques to facilitate generalization of treatment effects. These need further investigation if one is to go ‘beyond management‘. The fina. chapter of the book. by FIinn. May and West. attempts an integration of treatment approaches to schizophrenia.
CKQMFK R. (1975) Remarks
addr~~d
to the Third
international
Child
Language Symposium.
London
This is the second part of the Yth volume of the Hartdhuch drrPs~choloyi~~: like the first part it is concerned v.ith clinical psychology. It is far too long to be properly reviewed here. and this may serve rather as an announcement of its appearance rather than a proper review. The first volume ran to we11 over one thousand pages_ and it seemed then that this was a trifle excessive: the second volume runs to well over two thousand pages. and is quite di%cuIt to hold in the hand--the proper test for a handbook. one would imagine. The book is certainly enhaustive (as well as exhausting!). but for anyone who wishes to see a complete review of the large body of literature that constitutes our knowledge in this field these two volumes will be indispensable. The present one deals particularly with methods of investigation and research. with clinical and psychological diagnostic methods. and wtth very detailed surveys of therapeutic intervention. Behaviour therapy is well represented and discussed in great detail. A special section is devoted to therapeutic intervention tn children and adolescents. and there are chapters on difticulties arising in school. at work. etc. The book ends with a sccrion on aetiology and prevention. with the reviewer‘s chapter on Genetic Factors in Psyehnlogical Abnarmahty being pretty weii a solitary voice in a chorus of env~ronm~ntaIjsm. It would be idle to cvcn try and indicate which chapters appeal io the reviewer. and which did not: the standard of competence is a very htgh one throughout. and the book will be a great standby even to those whose German is not pcrfcct enough to read it from cover to cover. One unfortunate feature: the references at the end of each chapter art: arranged in th e typically German fashion. i.e. being arranged in such a way that a new line is started only at the end of all the authors having a common initial letter. rather than after each author. This makes it vrrv difficult to find a given author, 3s compared with the ordinary American or English way of preparing >ists of references. Apart from this is an excellent handbook. worthy of figuring in anq’ academic Iibrarg. FL J. EYSESCK
L. J. WEST and D. E. FLINN (Eds): 7”rr~rrnunr of Schizophrenia: NW York (1976). xv + 291 pp. fl5.95. 522.50.
Progress
nrtd Prosprcrs.
Grune
and Stratton.
This volume deals with the rreatment of schizophrenia; given the disagreement about bath definition and aetiology. it is not surprising that treatment approaches are so diverse. The opening section is concerned with mod& of schizophrenia and includes a chapter by &bin presenting a model based on the hy-porhesis that vulnerability to stressful situations is essential in the development of schizophrenia; it provides a thoughtful consideration of possible causes of high vulnerability. The second section deals with psychopharmacological approaches to schizophrenia and includes a devastating critique of megavitamin therapy by Lipton. as well as two chapters on more conventional pharmacologtcal approaches. The third section considers individual psychotherapeutic approaches to schizophrenia. in one chapter of which Arieti presents his well known views. There follows an interesting discussion of group treatment methods by Ludwig who argues tha: it is essential to consider the possibility that increased inreraction may- sometimes be destructive or inetfectuat. Such considerations are also prominent in the chapter by Van Purren and May. in section V of the book. on milieu therapy for schizophrenia. They argue that such therapy may have harmful effects for patients showing severe cognitive disorganization. In general they conclude that. “milieu therapy in hospital adds little to the treatment of the ordinary schizophrenic patient ante gross neglect is corrected and adequate chemotherapy is used” (p. 239). Also in this section is a useful review by Liberman of behavioural approaches to treatment; in this he discusses techniques to facilitate generalization of treatment effects. These need further investigation if one is to go ‘beyond management‘. The fina. chapter of the book. by FIinn. May and West. attempts an integration of treatment approaches to schizophrenia.