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J Psychiatry137:10,of cognitiveaspects Topicsdevelopment.The underlyingdominance,The thethird sec-of language such as cerebralHandbook of Geriatric Busse, M.D. , and Danadult.on neuralare aas onemay,Psychiatry, G. Blazer, Co. , 1980,edited by Ewald W. M.D. Nest’ York, N. Y., 532 pp. , $34.50. to do justice to a hand-ofthe aphasias, and current theories interlaced through these chapters.ofpsycholinguistics The authors representit is impossibleof this forword and of eclectichere.It is aone at to theof talentedresearchers,as editorand distinguishedDavid Caplan,that, F.in every sense of the it is a ready referencean excellent orientationChomsky,G. Bever,Mary-LouiseKean,Garrett,B. Zurif,W. Brown,Geschwind.After this enthusiastic recommendation, at should be added. People who are experts not necessarily experts in communication, concepts conveyed in this book are likely unfamiliar. It is an excellent book for those however, a cavein language are and some of the to be difficult or who wish to yen-theory and practice of geriatric psychiatry. Its separate essays are broad and well done, its authors are highly skilled physicians and biomedical and behavioral scientists of equal capabilities. It is a true vade mecum, and I am tempted toit.The first 10 chapterschological bases ofgeriatric aspects ofthe specialty-its roanatomy and physiologyare devotedto the biologicaland psy-of neuropsychobogypsycho-psychiatry. These cover diverse theories and processes, the neuof aging, the