A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current ClinicalTechnique

Discusses clinical treatment, including cognitive therapy,psychodynamic therapy, short-term in-patient treatment, longer termhospitalization, and the correct use of hypnosis. Also discussed ishow the study of this controversial diagnosis reveals the innerworkings of the normal functioning mind.

JAMES L. SPIRA, Ph.D., M.P.H., is on the faculty of the department of psychiatry and department of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. He serves as the director of the program in health psychology at The Center for Living, Duke University.