Science and pseudoscience in clinical psychology / edited by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr ; foreword by Carol Tavris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lilienfeld, Scott O., 1960-2020, editor.

Lohr, Jeffrey M., editor.

Lynn, Steven J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical psychology.

Medical misconceptions.

Psychiatry--Research.

Psychiatry.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a rigorous examination of a variety of therapeutic, assessment, and diagnostic techniques in clinical psychology, focusing on practices that are popular and influential but lack a solid grounding in empirical research. Featuring chapters from leading clinical researchers, the text helps professionals and students evaluate the merits of novel and controversial techniques and differentiate between those that can stand up to scientific scrutiny and those that cannot. Reviewed are widely used therapies for alcoholism, infantile autism, and ADHD; the use of EMDR in the treatme

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; About the Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1 Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology: Initial Thoughts, Reflections, and Considerations; I. Controversies in Assessment and Diagnosis; 2 Understanding Why Some Clinicians Use Pseudoscientific Methods: Findings from Research on Clinical Judgment; 3 Controversial and Questionable Assessment Techniques; 4 The Science and Pseudoscience of Expert Testimony; 5 Dissociative Identity Disorder: Multiple Personalities, Multiple Controversies; II. General Controversies in Psychotherapy

6 Toward a Science of Psychotherapy Research: Present Status and Evaluation7 New Age Therapies; 8 The Remembrance of Things Past: Problematic Memory Recovery Techniques in Psychotherapy; III. Controversies in the Treatment of Specific Adult Disorders; 9 Novel and Controversial Treatments for Trauma-Related Stress Disorders; 10 Controversial Treatments for Alcoholism; 11 Herbal Treatments and Antidepressant Medication: Similar Data, Divergent Conclusions; IV. Controversies in the Treatment of Specific Child Disorders

12 Empirically Supported, Promising, and Unsupported Treatments for Children with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder13 The Myriad of Controversial Treatments for Autism: A Critical Evaluation of Efficacy; V. Controversies Regarding Self-Help and the Media; 14 Self-Help Therapy: The Science and Business of Giving Psychology Away; 15 Commercializing Mental Health Issues: Entertainment, Advertising, and Psychological Advice; 16 Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology: Concluding Thoughts and Constructive Remedies; Index; About Guilford Publications; Discover More Guilford Titles

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781462517510

146251751X

9781462517589

1462517587

9781283925198

1283925192

9781462509355

1462509355

9781462505814

1462505813

OCLC:

782877846