The Challenge: Despair and Hope in the Conquest of Inner Space

applicable to a wider field. This book is divided into two parts. The first part provides a balanced description of the investigations that can be carried out in the fields of intelligence, brain damage, perception and personality to mention but a few of the areas covered. The second part gives a very useful account of the various psychological methods of treatment, including psychoanalytically based treatment and behaviour therapy. The psychological aspects of physical methods of treatment are described, and a helpful analysis of the psychology of groups, both large and small, is included. There is a very clear account of the concept of the therapeutic community, and reference to the sociological structure of some general hospitals. The last chapter deals with statistical methods and experimental design. The authors have achieved their goal in writing an account that is informative, lucid and of practical value for those working in the fields of medicine, including psychiatry, and clinical psychology. J.G.G.