The subtitle of this volume, "Theory and Treatment from a Psychodynamic Point of View," represents exactly what this excellent treatise is about. Its importance may be greater for those who do not engage in psychotherapeutic work with schizophrenics than for those who do. The latter may be seeking new leads and guidelines, but they will find instead a very comprehensive and well-organized review of the state of the art. Those who believe that the psychiatrist's job with schizophrenic patients is done by dispensing drugs and possibly referring the patient to some kind of social club in the inner city will find evidence that effective psychotherapeutic work can be done even with so-called chronic schizophrenics, although not with all of them, and that it is clearly a disservice not to involve