Research Catalog

Title

Psychology industry under a microscope! / David B. Stein.

Author

Stein, David B.

Publication

Lanham : University Press of America, c2012.

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Details

Description

xii, 186 p. : ill.

Summary

The Psychology Industry under a Microscope! explores why psychology treatment efficacy rates are so poor, why psychological testing is unreliable, and why diagnosis is uncertain. He also explores the weakness inherent in 115 APA accredited doctoral programs and what changes may help improve the effectiveness of the psychology clinician. He introduces a cognitive/behavioral diagnostic system that is far more cohesive and sensible than the piece-meal and confusing system currently in place. This book introduces an easy to understand and innovative visual model that integrates all of clinical psychology and far surpasses any previous attempts at development models. The author also challenges the recent resurgence of the disease model for diagnosis as well as the politics and economics that lie behind its current popularity. The reader may feel challenged by this book but will find it difficult to refuse its content. This thought-provoking book is essential for any clinician or teacher.

Subject

• American Psychological Association
• Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
• Psychology, Clinical > standards
• Models, Psychological
• Clinical psychology > Standards

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. One Exploring the Course Content of American Psychological Association Accredited Doctoral Programs: Does APA Accreditation Make Sense, or is it Outdated? -- ch. Two Recent Court Rulings May Be Targeting Psychology and May Be the Driving Force for Reform -- ch. Three Unraveling the Diagnosis Fiasco: The Wholesale Manufacturing of Mental Diseases and a Confusing and Chaotic Diagnostic System -- ch. Four Cognitive Diversion: A Hidden Pattern for Diagnosis within the DSM That Can Serve as a Foundation for a More Clear and Valid Diagnostic System Based on Learning and Cognitive/Behavioral Principles -- ch. Five The Pyramid: A Unified Model of Psychology -- ch. Six Toward an Operational Definition Of Disease in Psychiatry and Psychology -- ch. Seven What Is Thought? A Quasi-Mathematical Model as a Representation of the Complexity of the Brain and the Mind, Illustrating Why Clarity Has Eluded Psychology -- ch. Eight Money, Greed, and the Loss of Scientific Integrity in Psychology: Further Obfuscating the Clarity in Psychology -- ch. Nine Psychologists Can Serve Important Roles.

ISBN

• 9780761859567 (clothbound : alk. paper)
• 076185956X (clothbound : alk. paper)
• 9780761859628 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0761859624 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780761859574 (eISBN)
• 0761859578 (eISBN)

LCCN

^^2012940810

OCLC

811732188

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library