Destructive Trends in Mental Health : the Well Intentioned Path to Harm
This book takes as its inspiration the assumption that the atmosphere of intellectual openness, scientific inquiry, aspiration towards diversity, and freedom from political pressure that once flourished in the American Psychological Association has been eclipsed by an "ultra-liberal agenda," in which voices of dissent, controversial points of view, and minority groups are intimidated, ridiculed and censored. Chapters written by established and revered practitioners explore these important issues within the contexts of social change, the ways in which mental health services providers view themselves and their products, and various economic factors that have affected healthcare cost structure and delivery. In short, this book is intended to help consumers, practitioners, and policy makers to become better educated about a variety of recent issues and trends that have significantly changed the mental health fields
1 online resource (368 pages)
9780203956229, 0203956222
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Cover
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section A Political Correctness, Sensitivity, and Diversity
Chapter 1 Psychology's Surrender to Political Correctness
Chapter 2 Cultural Sensitivity: A Critical Examination
Chapter 3 The Psychology of Victimhood
Chapter 4 Homophobia: Conceptual, Definitional, and Value Issues
Section B Mental Healthcare Economics
Chapter 5 Expanding a Shrinking Economic Base: The Right Way, the Wrong Way, and the Mental Health Way
Chapter 6 Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health
Chapter 7 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: What It Is and What It Is Not
Chapter 8 The Myth of Continuing Education: A Look at Some Intended and (Maybe) Unintended Consequences
Section C Political Influence on Science and Practice
Chapter 9 Suppressing Intelligence Research: Hurting Those We Intend to Help
Chapter 10 Pseudoscience, Nonscience, and Nonsense in Clinical Psychology: Dangers and Remedies
Chapter 11 The Diseasing of America's Children: The Politics of Diagnosis
Chapter 12 Abortion, Boxing, and Zionism: Politics and the APA
Chapter 13 The Dumbing Down of Psychology: Faulty Beliefs about Boundary
Chapter 14 Social Justice in Community Psychology
Chapter 15 Sociopolitical Diversity in Psychology: The Case for Pluralism
The Editors
Contributors
Index