Cultures of Healing: Correcting the Image of American Mental Health Care - Robert T. T. Fancher - Paperback

In this expert dissection of American psychiatry and psychotherapy, Robert T. Fancher, Ph.D., shows how various approaches -- psychoanalysis, behaviorism, cognitive therapy, and drug treatment -- are painfully lacking in scientific credentials, despite their claims. He provides a masterly analysis of the pretensions and paradoxes of the various schools of therapy. For the layperson, the book is jargon-free and persuasive; for the mental health professional, it is challenging, in both senses of the world. The appendix, "Implications for Choosing or Changing s Therapist", is superb and would make this book worthwhile in and of itself. "A stimulating and controversial book. "A landmark book."Fancher, Robert T. is the author of 'Cultures of Healing: Correcting the Image of American Mental Health Care - Robert T. T. Fancher - Paperback' with ISBN 9780756772574 and ISBN 0756772575.