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edited by W. E. Fann, R. C. Smith, J. M. Davis, et al, 531 pp, $55, with illus, Jamaica, NY, SP Medical and Scientific Books (Spectrum Publications Inc), 1980.

Roger A. Brumback, MD, Reviewer; Russell Gardner, Jr, MD, Reviewer
Department of Neuroscience University of North Dakota School of Medicine 1919 Elm St N Fargo, ND 58102

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(12):786-787.

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This book states in the introduction that it is a review of "research over the past fifteen years of the current etiology and treatment of tardive dyskinesia." The editors hope that it will be a "reference resource for several years" and that it "summarizes data," although they were deliberately overinclusive because the field is in its "early adolescence." According to the acknowledgments, many of the articles were presented at the December 1977 meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and other chapters were invited at later points in time.

There are "good news" and "bad news" aspects to this book. First, the good news is that Dr George Crane provided not only the preface but also two succinct critical review chapters and a third chapter (coauthored with Dr Robert Smith) on the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia. These contributions are fitting since tardive dyskinesia, if it required an eponym, could easily . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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