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摘要

The Complete Mental Health Directory. 7th ed. Grey House. 2010. c.633p. ed. by Richard Gottlieb, index. ISBN 9781592375448. pap. $165. ref Gottlieb {Directory of Mail Order Catalogs) presents eight chapters, outlining recognized mental disorders and profiling the government agencies, support services, psychiatric facilities, and drug companies facilitating treatment. Chapter 1, divided into specific mental health issues, sometimes merely lists recognized disorder variants rather than describing the symptoms characteristic of each. Following illness descriptions are several pages of valuable disorder-specific book titles, while the website resource lists are frequently repetitious. Seemingly off-topic is Chapter 5, which offers only an alphabetized register of publishing companies. Overall, even as it compiles a wide range of information within a single volume, this directory does not trump free online sources.