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Attachment therapy on trial : the torture and death of Candace Newmaker / Jean Mercer, Larry Sarner, and Linda Rosa ; with a chapter by Gerard Costa.
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View onlineVan Pelt Library RJ507.A77 N495 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercer, Jean.
- Series:
- Child psychology and mental health 1538-8883
- Child psychology and mental health, 1538-8883
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newmaker, Candace, 1990?-2000--Mental health.
- Newmaker, Candace.
- Newmaker, Candace, 1990?-2000--Death and burial.
- Newmaker, Candace, 1990?-2000.
- Attachment disorder in children--Treatment--United States--Case studies.
- Attachment disorder in children.
- Social workers--Malpractice--United States.
- Social workers.
- Child Behavior Disorders--therapy.
- Complementary Therapies--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Malpractice.
- Psychotherapy--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Psychotherapy--methods.
- Social workers--Malpractice.
- Attachment disorder in children--Treatment.
- Mental health.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Child Behavior Disorders--therapy.
- Complementary Therapies--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Malpractice.
- Psychotherapy--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Psychotherapy--methods.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Summary:
- The tragic and shocking story of a 10-year-old girl who was suffocated during a fringe therapy illuminates legal issues that make it difficult to ban such practices.
- Contents:
- Series foreword / Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Susanne Ayres Denham
- Introduction: Attachment therapy and its victims
- Case of Candace Newmaker. Candace's adoption and death : how a second chance became the last chance
- Backstory : people and systems behind Candace's death
- Candace's treatment : what they did and why they did it
- Facts behind Candace's case : realities of emotional development and childhood mental illness. Some facts about normal emotional development (and what the attachment therapists believed)
- When emotional life goes wrong : some facts about childhood mental illness versus the attachment therapists' beliefs
- Better treatment for Candace : how trained psychotherapists would have approached this case / Gerard Costa
- Preventing more cases like Candace's : problems and some possible solutions. Science and psychotherapy : is there evidence that attachment therapy is a valid treatment?
- Deceivers and the deceived : factors that made attachment therapy acceptable to parents and to practitioners
- Law and the child : how our legal system affected Candace Newmaker's life and death
- Conclusion
- Lawsuits and legislation : where do we go from here?
- Bibliography of materials relevant to attachment therapy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275976750
- 9780275976750
- OCLC:
- 51242100
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