1. Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology: Initial
Thoughts, Reflections, and Considerations, Scott O. Lilienfeld,
Steven Jay Lynn, & Jeffrey M. Lohr
I. Controversies in Assessment and Diagnosis
2. Understanding Why Some Clinicians Use Pseudoscientific Methods:
Findings from Research on Clinical Judgment, Howard N. Garb &
Patricia A. Boyle
3. Controversial and Questionable Assessment Techniques, John
Hunsley, Catherine M. Lee, James M. Wood, & Whitney Taylor
4. The Science and Pseudoscience of Expert Testimony, Joseph T.
McCann, Steven Jay Lynn, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Kelley L. Shindler, &
Tammy R. Hammond
5. Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Contemporary Scientific
Perspective, Scott O. Lilienfeld & Steven Jay Lynn
II. Overarching Controversies in Psychological Treatment
6. The Science of Psychotherapy: Developing, Testing, and Promoting
Evidence-Based Treatments, Brandon A. Gaudiano, Kristy L.
Dalrymple, Lauren M. Weinstock, & Jeffrey M. Lohr
7. New Age and Related Novel Unsupported Therapies in Mental Health
Practice, Monica Pignotti & Bruce A. Thyer
8. The Remembrance of Things Past: Problematic Memory Recovery
Techniques in Psychotherapy, Steven Jay Lynn, Elisa Krackow,
Elizabeth F. Loftus, Timothy G. Locke, & Scott O. Lilienfeld
9. Self-Help Therapy: Recent Developments in the Science and
Business of Giving Psychology Away, Gerald M. Rosen, Russell E.
Glasgow, Timothy E. Moore, & Manuel Barrera Jr.
III. Controversies in the Treatment of Adult Disorders
10. Science- and Non-Science-Based Treatments for Trauma-Related
Stress Disorders, Jeffrey M. Lohr, Richard Gist, Brett Deacon,
Grant J. Devilly, & Tracey Varker
11. Controversial Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorders, James
MacKillop & Joshua Gray
12. Herbal Treatments and Antidepressant Medication: Similar Data,
Divergent Conclusions, Harald Walach & Irving Kirsch
IV. Controversies in the Treatment of Child and Adolescent
Disorders
13. Empirically Supported, Promising, and Unsupported Treatments
for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Daniel A. Waschbusch
& James G. Waxmonsky
14. The Status of Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Weak
Relationship of Science to Interventions, Raymond G. Romanczyk,
Laura B. Turner, Melina Sevlever, & Jennifer M. Gillis
15. Attachment Therapy, Jean Mercer
16. Antisocial Behavior of Children and Adolescents: Harmful
Treatments, Effective Interventions, and Novel Strategies, Anthony
Petrosino, Pamela MacDougall, Meghan E. Hollis-Peel, Trevor A.
Fronius, & Sarah Guckenberg
Conclusions and Future Directions
17. Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology: Concluding
Thoughts and Constructive Remedies, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay
Lynn, & Jeffrey M. Lohr
Scott O. Lilienfeld, PhD, until his death in 2020, was a Samuel
Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology at Emory University. He was
Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Psychological Science and Associate
Editor of Archives of Scientific Psychology, and served on the
editorial boards of several other journals. Among Dr. Lilienfeld’s
principal interests were cognitive biases and their relations to
personality and psychopathology, scientific thinking and its
application to psychology, the causes and assessment of personality
disorders (especially psychopathic and narcissistic personality
disorders), psychiatric classification and diagnosis, pseudoscience
and clinical psychology, evidence-based clinical practice, and the
philosophy of science and psychology. He was a recipient of the
James McKeen Cattell Award for Distinguished Achievements in
Applied Psychological Science from the Association for
Psychological Science and served as president of the Society for a
Science of Clinical Psychology and the Society for the Scientific
Study of Psychopathy.
Steven Jay Lynn, PhD, ABPP, is Distinguished Professor of
Psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York
(SUNY), where he is Director of the Psychological Clinic. He has
published more than 300 articles, books, and book chapters on
topics including psychotherapy, hypnosis, science versus
pseudoscience, psychopathology, and memory, and his research is
widely cited in the media. Dr. Lynn is Founding Editor and Editor
of the American Psychological Association journal Psychology of
Consciousness. He is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.
Jeffrey M. Lohr, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University
of Arkansas-Fayetteville, where he has been on the faculty since
1975. His research interests include affective processes in anxiety
and related disorders and pseudoscience in applied and clinical
psychology. In the latter domain, he focuses primarily on the
empirical analysis of treatment efficacy and the promotion of
"fringe" treatments, especially as they relate to trauma and
anxiety disorders. Dr. Lohr is Associate Editor of The Behavior
Therapist.
"In an age when everyone in clinical psychology claims that their
practices are based on scientific evidence, it is imperative that
we know what scientific evidence means and how to use it--but that
task is not always as easy as it may seem. The second edition of
this stunningly good book walks us through the major controversies
in our field and methodically discerns fact from myth. Thoroughly
updated throughout, and with new chapters on attachment therapies
and questionable treatments for childhood and adolescent antisocial
behaviors, this book should be required reading for every student
of clinical psychology."--David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, Professor
Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder, Center for
Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University
"Using controversies in diagnosis, assessment, and treatment with
adults, adolescents, and children as an organizing structure, this
book addresses the state of the science in psychotherapeutic
practices across diagnostic categories and populations of interest.
Without defensiveness or agenda, the contributors take on the
disconnect between those who conduct therapy in ways rooted in
questionable logic and idiosyncratic intuitions and those who
strive to honor the basic ideas of research-based applications and
scientific thinking. They also promote awareness of common
cognitive biases and intellectual errors that even the most
skeptical of us frequently fall prey to. In a world screaming for
trustworthy evidence to inform professional practice, this book
busts myths and feeds intellectual humility. At the same time, it
provides accurate, solid, satisfying answers about what we really
know--and don't know--right now."--Kia J. Bentley, PhD, LCSW,
School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University
“This book, which details the sloppy thinking that results in some
mental health professionals adopting invalid assessment and
intervention approaches, will be valuable for students,
practitioners, and educators. Readers will become more critical
consumers of what is offered as science-based mental health
practice. Educators will find the volume helpful with respect to
teaching the scientific method and critical thinking skills to
their students.”--Randy K. Otto, PhD, ABPP, Department of Mental
Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida
"An important book. There is an increasing emphasis on
'evidence-based' assessment and therapy, but science can be used
either substantively or rhetorically--this book does an excellent
job of distinguishing the two in a clinically relevant way. Those
who sell illegitimate pseudoscientific therapies to people in
distress violate the moral imperative of 'first do no harm.' The
updated second edition captures the key current controversies and
has a roster of impressive chapter authors. A 'must read' for
behavioral health professionals."--William O'Donohue, PhD,
Department of Psychology and Director, Victims of Crime Treatment
Center, University of Nevada, Reno
"Courageously confronting myths and misinterpretations in a wide
range of clinical psychology practices, this second edition conveys
important knowledge in a very readable format. In addition to
expert updates on existing chapters, there are several new chapters
that I find particularly valuable. The chapter on attachment
therapy provides much-needed corrections to dangerous
misunderstandings, and the chapter on the science of psychotherapy
has been largely rewritten, making powerful new points. This is
essential reading for all practitioners and students."--Sherryl H.
Goodman, PhD, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology, Emory
University; Editor, Journal of Abnormal Psychology -A needed text
that can be a valuable asset to students, practitioners, and
academics alike. There is an ongoing need to be committed to the
scientist-practitioner model and to not be influenced by
unsupportable and unproven public opinion and pop-psychological
beliefs. This book continues to be instructive in these areas. It
is essential reading for any graduate program in clinical
psychology dealing with psychotherapy….It is well-priced,
containing current research on what is and isn't empirically
validated. It will make selection of a specific therapeutic
procedure a more thoughtful and helpful process.--Child and Family
Behavior Therapy, 10/3/2016ƒƒThis is clearly a text that should be
read by every social worker and social work student. Further, it
should be mandated reading for anyone who holds a position in a
mental health professional association, state licensing board, or
national accrediting body....An important contribution to the
mental health knowledge base. (on the first edition)--Journal of
Social Work Education, 4/7/2014ƒƒWhile the contributors offer
compelling and balanced criticisms of these techniques on
scientific grounds, the true merit of the text is that it takes
preliminary steps to understand why pseudoscience exists and
persists in the 21st century....I would highly recommend it for
practitioners, clinical researchers, and graduate students in
clinical psychology, social work, or counseling. (on the first
edition)--Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 4/7/2014ƒƒRepresents a
most welcome attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff in mental
health practices. This engaging, incisive, and illuminating book
should be widely read by mental health professionals and trainees
and by physicians needing to refer patients for mental health care.
(on the first edition)--Journal of the American Medical
Association, 4/7/2014ƒƒScience and Pseudoscience in Clinical
Psychology exposes the reader to key issues of an expanding mental
health machinery, offering both keen critical examinations and
viable solutions. The text is a must read for students and
professionals in the field of mental health and for laypersons who
aspire to become educated consumers of services. Its content is
filled with data and thus represents a helpful starting point for
any person who is interested in understanding the difference
between mental health practices driven by science and those that
rely on pseudoscience (e.g., intuition-based, uncritical, and
accepting). The text also offers not only an illustration of
pseudoscientific practices, but also advice and guidance on
available remedies.--Metapsychology Online Reviews, 7/7/2015
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