FOCUSED HISTORICALLY AND CHOSEN TO STIMULATE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ASTHMA, THE COLLECTION CONTAINS 18 PAPERS BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS. AREAS OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE COVERED ARE (1) PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH (ONE ARTICLE), (2) HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS, THEORETICAL MODELS, AND CORE PROBLEMS (THREE ARTICLES), AND (3) THE HYPOTHESIS, PROBLEM, AND CROSS VALIDATION OF SPECIFICITY (THREE ARTICLES). SIX PAPERS ON PSYCHOSOMATIC ASTHMA TREAT THE PROBLEMS IT PRESENTS, PSYCHE AND ALLERGY, ASTHMA AND THE PSYCHIATRIST, PSYCHOANALYTIC PRINCIPLES, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS (BOTH PERSONALITY AND VOCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS). EXPERIMENTAL ASTHMA IS CONSIDERED IN FOUR ARTICLES ON ASTHMA AS A LEARNED RESPONSE AND INDUCED ASTHMA IN MAN, AS WELL AS LEARNED ASTHMA AND FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTHMA IN THE GUINEA PIG. ONE PAPER DISCUSSES TREATMENT. EACH ARTICLE PROVIDES ITS OWN BIBLIOGRAPHY. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM CHARLES C THOMAS, PUBLISHER, 301-327 EAST LAWRENCE AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62703, FOR $10.50. (JD)