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To review this mammoth undertaking is to take on a project not unlike the book itself, in microcosm. This two-volume opus is the most recent iteration the textbook first published in 1967. This edition is completely reorganized from the 8th edition, and has many sections on topics never before covered. The authors aspire to create a “university without walls;” a comprehensive resource presenting essential elements of what is known about mental functioning from an exhaustive set of perspectives. Furthermore, this work is meant to be the “sit at home” reference work, connected to ten smaller “companion” volumes to be used by trainees in clinical situations. Each textbook also comes with an access code to the complete contents of the textbook online, fully searchable, with all color plates and illustrations within the text. The authors have placed a “PDR-Style” set of color reproductions of the proprietary forms of psychiatric medications on the opening pates of the textbook, hoping that these photographs will be useful to practitioners. There are twelve other pages of color reproductions on the opening pages of Volume I which are color plates belonging to various chapters throughout both volumes. Whether afterthought or money-saving measure, they are surely inconvenient to use.
My strategy for preparing this review was to use the textbook over four months as my first source every time I looked something up. I also undertook to make a thorough review of the chapters related to