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on autism;

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Stress Disorder: Etiology, and Treatment by Marion E. Wolf, M.D., and

Aron D. Mosnaim, Ph.D. American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1990,270 pages, ISBN 0-88048-299-0, $39.50 Reviewed

of

are dense,

bibliographies

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in psychopathology

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are the implications

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What

of the serotonin

psychopathology,

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agents.

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decade begins. tage of contrasting than

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disorder decade. to review

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authors of this text have endeavored

the more

pertinent literature

in the field

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