Abstract

Bouok reviews 777 another quoting rather arbitrarily from research studies opiate antagonists is discussed, news is given on American in a variety of fields. It is doubtful whether the stated aim development of specialized therapeutic communities. The of writing on this topic for educators, physicians, psycho- major interest of the document lies, however, not in its logists, ministers, and parents themselves is realistic. comments on this or that specific technique, but in its The text abounds with pious sentiments, mostly efforts to define those systems of ideas which determine unremarkable, but presumably intended as correctives a society's response to drug problems. 'The responses ... to unhealthy parental attitudes. There are occasional cannot be regarded solely in terms of technological gross inaccuracies, such as the statement that sociopathic capacities and economic resources. A society's general children come mainly from'good families'! In a discussion value systems and aspirations as well as its particular of hospitalization of children, there is no reference to the beliefs and feelings-whether founded or unfounded- work of Bowlby or Robertson, nor any suggestions about about the self-administration of dependence-producing the value of frequent visits by parents. drugs are potent determinants of its responses.' Effective psychological testing, we