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| Named Person: | Candace Newmaker; Candace Newmaker; Candace Newmaker |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jean Mercer; Larry Sarner; Linda Rosa |
| ISBN: | 0275976750 9780275976750 |
| OCLC Number: | 51242100 |
| Description: | viii, 259 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Series foreword / Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Susanne Ayres Denham -- Introduction: Attachment therapy and its victims -- Case of Candace Newmaker. Candace's adoption and death : how a second chance became the last chance -- Backstory : people and systems behind Candace's death -- Candace's treatment : what they did and why they did it -- Facts behind Candace's case : realities of emotional development and childhood mental illness. Some facts about normal emotional development (and what the attachment therapists believed) -- When emotional life goes wrong : some facts about childhood mental illness versus the attachment therapists' beliefs -- Better treatment for Candace : how trained psychotherapists would have approached this case / Gerard Costa -- Preventing more cases like Candace's : problems and some possible solutions. Science and psychotherapy : is there evidence that attachment therapy is a valid treatment? -- Deceivers and the deceived : factors that made attachment therapy acceptable to parents and to practitioners -- Law and the child : how our legal system affected Candace Newmaker's life and death -- Conclusion -- Lawsuits and legislation : where do we go from here? -- Bibliography of materials relevant to attachment therapy. |
| Series Title: | Child psychology and mental health |
| Responsibility: | Jean Mercer, Larry Sarner, and Linda Rosa ; with a chapter by Gerard Costa. |
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