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edited by Christopher Gillberg and Gregory O'Brien, 198 pp, with illus, $64.95, London, England, Mac Keith Press, 2000.

Arch Neurol. 2001;58:1163-1164.

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For older American practitioners, this book stirs up fond memories of the era when physicians considered "why" patients behave as they do before attempting to change them. However, the current managed-care insistence on quick fixes through polypharmacy has largely displaced thoughtful assessment and treatment of behavioral disorders in many patients, including those with developmental disabilities. Hence, this book may trouble the more efficient modern clinician.

That is not to say that this book is not well worth reading. Professionals involved in the comprehensive care of the developmentally disabled should appreciate many aspects of this compendium, especially those sections that are drawn from the authors' experience. An initial overview of specific phenotypic behaviors that characterize distinct developmental disorders is followed by subsequent chapters that focus more broadly on general categories of problematic behaviors (eg, autistic-like behavior, aggression, and sleep disorders) that are observed across the spectrum of diagnoses from learning disabilities . . . [Full Text of this Article]