PEDIATRICS Vol. 46 No. 6 December 1970, pp. 984
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Psychiatry and the Army Brat, by Victor R. Gonzales, M.D. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, 1970, 87 pp., $6.50

Frederick C. Biehusen MC1

1 U.S. Army Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

After reading this book the reviewer's mood changed from one of happy anticipation to one of complete disenchantment.

To help make his points the author, a psychiatrist who recently completed 2 years' service in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army, selects isolated case histories with the result that one not familiar with service life gains the impression that the average military family has far more problems than its civilian counterpart.

Chapter Two entitled "Discipline: Authority Miscarried" is a case in point.