Pseudoscience and the commercial promotion of trauma treatments

Description

The authors take as specific exemplars two of the popularized "power therapies" -- eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and thought field therapy (TFT) -- to demonstrate the influence of pseudoscience in the contemporary trauma industry.

Format

Book Section

Language

English

Author(s)

Jeffrey M. Lohr
Robert W. Montgomery
Scott O. Lilienfeld
David F. Tolin

Original Work Citation

Lohr, J. M., Montgomery, R. W., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Tolin, D. F. (1999). Pseudoscience and the commercial promotion of trauma treatments. In R. Gist & B. Lubin, (Eds.), Response to disaster: Psychosocial, community, and ecological approaches (pp. 291-326). Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel

Citation

“Pseudoscience and the commercial promotion of trauma treatments,” Francine Shapiro Library, accessed May 8, 2024, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/17519.

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