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edited by Shervert H. Frazier (proceedings, New York, December 1972; Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease) 360 pp, 91 illus, $28, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1974.

Saul Rosenzweig, PhD, Reviewer
Washington University St. Louis

JAMA. 1975;231(10):1088.

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Violence, like the weather, is discussed by everyone these days but is rarely altered by mere discussion. When, however, the discussion is based on scientific work oriented to medical and other social goals, practical results may be hopefully expected. It is a sign of the times that discussions of this kind are becoming more frequent. The recently organized International Society for Research on Aggression epitomizes this trend.

The present volume is the fruit of a series of sessions held in 1972 under the auspices of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease. The contributions rest on a broad, humanistic conception of medicine and represent the whole gamut of the behavioral sciences—physiology, neurology, psychiatry, psychopharmacology, ethology, psychology, and sociology. The contributors included such outstanding individuals as Iranäeus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, John Spiegel, Lauretta Bender, Lawrence Kolb, Vernon Mark, and Ramsey Clark. Among the discussants were Philip Bard, Franco Ferracuti, Jerome Frank, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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