Includes bibliographical references and index
Initial thoughts, reflections, and considerations / Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, and Jeffrey M. Lohr -- Understanding why some clinicians use pseudoscientific methods: findings from research on clinical judgment / Howard N. Garb and Patricia Boyle -- Controversial and questionable assessment techniques / John Hunsley, Catherine M. Lee, and James M. Wood -- The science and pseudoscience of expert testimony / Joseph T. McCann, Kelley L. Shindler, and Tammy R. Hammond -- Dissociative identity disorder: multiple personalities, multiple controversies / Scott O. Lilienfeld and Steven Jay Lynn -- Toward a science of psychotherapy research: present states and evaluation / John P. Garske and Timothy Anderson -- New age therapies / Margaret Thaler Singer and Abraham Nievod -- The remembrance of things past: problematic memory recovery techniques in psychotherapy / Steven Jay Lynn, Timothy Lock, Elizabeth Loftus, Elisa Krackow, and Scott O. Lilienfeld -- Novel and controversial treatments for trauma-related stress disorders / Jeffrey M. Lohr, Wayne Hooke, Richard Gist, and David F. Tolin -- Controversial treatments for alcoholism / James MacKillop, Stephen A. Lisman, Allison Weinstein, and Deborah Rosenbaum -- Herbal treatments for antidepressant medication: similar data, divergent conclusions / Harold Walach and Irving Kirsch -- Empirically supported, promising, and unsupported treatments for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / David A. Waschbusch and G. Perry Hill -- The myriad controversial treatments for autism: a critical evaluation of efficacy -- R.G. Romancyck, L. Arnstein, L. Valluripalli, and J. Gillis -- Self-help therapy: the science and business of giving psychology away / Gerald M. Rosen, Russell E. Glasgow, and Timothy E. Moore -- Commercializing mental health issues: entertainment, advertising, and psychological advice / Nona Wilson -- Concluding thoughts and constructive remedies -- Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, and Jeffrey M. Lohr.