Abstract
Twenty-three papers in this volume cover the general field of psychopharmacology. A few may be mentioned specifically. Joel Elkes contributes brilliantly, as he usually does, to an overall view of the basic neurophysiologic concepts operative in drug therapy; his essay is terse, pithy, and quotable. Peter Drews develops the current concept of operational behavior as being the substratum for the behavioral effects of drugs. William Sargant of England writes discursively of the difficulties encountered in treating patients before the advent of physical therapies; Elizabeth Zetzel counters with support for the psychoanalytic therapy. Six authors dilate upon the drugs used in the therapy of psychoses, of depression, of neurotic anxiety and tension. Nathan Kline, a pioneer in the field of psychopharmacology, blasts what he calls several myths in this field. He contends that oral amphetamines may be used to advantage in combination with monamine oxidase inhibitors; that monamine oxidase inhibitors may
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