Books Received

This is a welcome and valuable update on an important discipline by North American investigators. It covers the historical roots of psychoneuroendocrinology, the roles of peptide, adrenocortical, gonadal and thyroid hormones in both endocrine and psychiatric illness, laboratory testing in psychoneuroendocrinology, and stress and neuroendocrine function. Unfortunately, the attention given to the various areas is rather inconsistent, as is the quality of the different chapters.