This is an interesting and worthwhile book for those who wish to be informed about some of the special clinical techniques now being used in general psychiatry. It does not concern itself directly with any aspect of psychoanalysis, although it is significant that at least some of the methods and approaches rest on concepts derived from psychoanalysis. It is unfortunately also true that occasionally there is misuse or misunderstanding of analytic terms and theory. In terms of the over-all picture of modern eclectic psychiatry which emerges from the annual sampling of specialized techniques, the most outstanding features are: 1, the diversity of