Navigating the Mindfield
A Guide to Separating Science from Pseudoscience in Mental Health
Published on 1. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
634 pages
978-1-59102-467-5 (ISBN)
Description
Can self-help recordings containing subliminal messages improve your self-esteem or memory? Is hypnotic age-regression therapy a valid way of rediscovering lost childhood memories? Does Thought Field Therapy effectively treat anxiety by manipulating energy fields?
A dizzying array of popular psychology books, articles, and promotion campaigns tout these and other alleged remedies for psychological problems. Faced with this confusion, consumers of mental health services need guidelines for finding effective therapy. This useful book brings together accessible, nontechnical articles by leading scientific researchers and clinicians to help answer such critical questions concerning mental health care as: How should I select a therapist? How can I tell the difference between scientifically valid and questionable psychotherapy? Can I trust the diagnosis I have received?
If you or someone you know is seeking therapy, this excellent reference book will provide needed guidance for navigating the mental health maze.
A dizzying array of popular psychology books, articles, and promotion campaigns tout these and other alleged remedies for psychological problems. Faced with this confusion, consumers of mental health services need guidelines for finding effective therapy. This useful book brings together accessible, nontechnical articles by leading scientific researchers and clinicians to help answer such critical questions concerning mental health care as: How should I select a therapist? How can I tell the difference between scientifically valid and questionable psychotherapy? Can I trust the diagnosis I have received?
If you or someone you know is seeking therapy, this excellent reference book will provide needed guidance for navigating the mental health maze.
Reviews / Votes
"Much of this book is controversial. That's good. It stirs the pot. It will make the reader, and hopefully the field, think in different ways. Psychology needs this book and the ongoing work of Lilienfeld and his colleagues." -- PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 54, Issue 28, July 2009More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59102-467-5 (9781591024675)
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Edited by Scott O. Lilienfeld; John Ruscio Ph.D and Steven Jay Lynn Ph.D