Not necessarily a comprehensive compendium, but a volume that represents a spectrum of creditable positions from virtually all established disciplines engaged in the study of chronic fatigue and the subset of individuals who could be said to suffer chronic fatigue syndrome. The chapters are organized to present to clinicians and informed lay readers a statement of the problem and its historical and multidisciplinary perspectives. There is a series of refined analyses of putative causes for the syndrome and of body systems affected by it or affecting it in turn. The volume closes with a discussion of well-considered contemporary approaches to management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.