BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: The Child in his Family: Preventive Child Psychiatry in an Age of Transition. Edited by E. J ames A nthony and C ollette C hiland . Child Psychiatry and Social Work. J udith L ask and B rian L ask . Dyslexia Research and Its Applications to Education . Edited by G. T h . P avlidis and T. R. M iles . Dyslexia Research and Its Applications to Education . Edited by G. T h . P avlidis and T. R. M iles . Six Children Draw. Edited by S heila P aine . The Technique of Child Psychoanalysis: Discussions with Anna Freud . J. S andler , H. K ennedy and R. L. T yson . Children of Alcoholic Fathers . P er ‐A nders R ydelius : Care of the Neurologically Handicapped Child . Edited by A. L. P rensky and H. S. P alkes . The Child With Disabling Illness (2nd Edition). Edited By J ohn A. D owney And N iels N. L ow . Working with Parents and Infants. R ose B romwich . Autistic States in Children. F rancis T ustin . Trisomy 21. Edited by G. R. B urgio , M. F raccaro , L. T iepolo And V. W olf . The Mentally Handicapped Child. A Manual for Day Centres . A. S teenkamp and W. S teenkamp . Contemporary Psychiatry: A Journal of Critical Review . Edited by S eymour L. H alleck . The Art of Starvation: A Story of Anorexia and Survival . S heila M acleod . Therapeutic Nursing for the Mentally Handicapped. R oy D. B ailey . Asthma and Emotion . A braham S tern . Independence Training for Visually Handicapped Children. D oris T ooze . Adlerian Counselling: Proven Concepts and Strategies (2nd Edn). T homas S weeney . Puppetry for Mentally Handicapped People. C aroline A stell ‐B urt . Abnormal Offenders, Delinquency and the Criminal Justice System. Edited by J ohn G unn and D avid P. F arrington . The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition. Edited by C. L. B aker and J ohn J. M c C arthy . Child Abuse And Neglect. Cross‐Cultural Perspectives. Edited By J ill K orbin . The Rise and Fall of Childhood . J ohn S ommerville .