This is an excellent survey. However much it may accelerate national action to combat mental disease, it will also greatly assist the individual, physician, teacher, state legislator, or parent. The Panel has presented information on the size of the problem, what is being done, and what should be done. Emotional and hortatory language is almost completely absent. While some high-flown terminology has crept in ("bio-behavioral correlates of learning") the report is largely clearly, simply, and concisely stated. Pediatricians should be grateful for this publication.