There are not many tomes of psychopathology that can intrigue and bring the reader into many-faceted discussions, descriptions, and dissections. This textbook, edited by three psychologists does so. Although encyclopedic in scope, the writing and thoroughness have the excitement of a detective story. Although the material is familiar to every psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, the chapters follow a format for psychiatric taxonomy that leaves the reader with the sensation of a surfeit of knowledge. It reminded me of many other books that I have read, my medical school text by Henderson and Gillepsie, followed by other texts through the years: Kolb, Freedman, and Redlich, along with Kaplan and others. We now have texts that invite many authors, such as Talbott's, and the Harvard Textbook of Psychiatry.

The Oxford Textbook continues the tradition of inviting many authors. There appears to have been a template for each author. Each chapter, covering the