This is a good straightforward introductory book on research in psychiatry. It logically and at reasonable length takes up logic, statistics, control and randomization, double blind, and placebo studies. Experimental design is discussed under the extensive and the intensive models. The extensive model, dealing with groups of patients, is illustrated by examples from psychopharmacology. The section on intensive design, dealing with research on the individual patient, will be of more interest to the psychoanalyst.

While it is not exhaustive, the book is of value to the clinician who wants to be able to critically appraise a research report, to those entering the research field, and to residents in psychiatry.