Reviewed by Tom Bruneau

the text can be viewed as unfocussed as to a target audience. The volume certainly does not offer much help to those in the helping professions in terms of techniques or methodologies. There are a number of interesting avenues suggested for psychological or psy- ® chiatric research across cultures. These avenues, are not dealt with by the editor or the with one or two exceptions. Readers inclined toward ps~reh®1®~ic~l aspects of cross cultural research may find the text useful for their interests, but these readers will have to generate research ideas of their own while Despite its many problems, the book is worthwhile reading because of the outstanding individual efforts of several experts in their area of study