The Biochemistry of Development
Abstract
PSYCHIATRY.Stelki Chess. (New ton, 1959, pp. 254.York:$5.25.)and Strat-This brief but comprehensive survey of child psychiatry was written for newcomers to the field and for individuals who need a ready reference to the psychological problems of children. Using a simple and direct approach, the author outlines methods of evaluating children and their parents, enumerates the specific dynamics of various psychological problems, and reviews the current treatment of these prob-volume is therefore to be welcomed as well as upon other grounds, as a most useful summary of the advances which have been made in this field during the last decade-a decade which has witnessed heroic progress in the biochemistry of development. The authorâs treatment is detailed, and he deals with gametogenesis, spermatogensis, fertilization, cleavage, invertebrate and vertebrateBrachetâs on this,eggs,biochemical and theinteractions cytoplasmlems. A sizeablegenesis, tiation.and with the biochemistry There are full chaptermorphoof differenbibliographies,portion of this book is devoted to history-taking and to the problems of diagnosis. Many helpful specific recommendations are presented in this section which will help even the inexperienced therapist to get a more accurate, comprehensive picture of the whole problem of the child with emotional difficulties. The discussion of the various categories of emotional problems is, perhaps,