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The author uses excellent formulations and an instructive case illustration to point out mainly to the general practitioner the steps from psychological findings to psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenic and manic-depressive psychoses. Psychiatric diagnosis is
not simply an addition and combination of objective facts, but an evaluation of verbal communication, of behaviorisms and of more or less subjective observations and impressions. According to the author, a good psychiatric description also includes an analysis of the patient's behavior.