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Self-Help in Mental Health - A Critical Review (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
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Self-Help in Mental Health - A Critical Review (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
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Self-help is big business, but alas not a scienti c business. The
estimated 10 billion-that's with a "b"-spent each year on self-help
in the United States is rarely guided by research or monitored by
mental health professionals. Instead, marketing and metaphysics
triumph. The more outrageous the "miraculous cure" and the "r-
olutionary secret," the better the sales. Of the 3,000 plus
self-help books published each year, only a dozen contain
controlled research documenting their effectiveness as stand-alone
self-help. Of the 20,000 plus psychological and relationship web
sites available on the Internet, only a couple hundred meet
professional standards for accuracy and balance. Most, in fact,
sell a commercial product. Pity the layperson, or for that matter,
the practitioner, trying to navigate the self-help morass. We are
bombarded with thousands of potential resources and c- tradictory
advice. Should we seek wisdom in a self-help book, an online site,
a 12-step group, an engaging autobiography, a treatment manual, an
inspiring movie, or distance writing? Should we just do it, or just
say no? Work toward change or accept what is? Love your inner child
or grow out of your Peter Pan? I become confused and discouraged
just contemplating the choices.
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