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Child Psychology and Mental Health Ser.: Attachment Therapy on Trial : The Torture and Death of Candace Newmaker by Linda Rosa, Larry Sarner and Jean Mercer (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-100275976750
ISBN-139780275976750
eBay Product ID (ePID)2461104
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAttachment Therapy on Trial : the Torture and Death of Candace Newmaker
SubjectSocial Work, General, Developmental / General
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorLinda Rosa, Larry Sarner, Jean Mercer
Subject AreaSocial Science, Psychology
SeriesChild Psychology and Mental Health Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight19.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-044991
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal618.92/89
SynopsisCandace Newmaker was an adopted girl whose mother felt the child suffered from an emotional disorder that prevented loving attachment. The mother sought attachment therapy--a fringe form of psychotherapy--for the child and was present at her death by suffocation during that therapy. This text examines the beliefs of the girl's mother and the unlicensed therapists, showing that the death, though unintentional, was a logical outcome of this form of treatment. The authors explain legal factors that make it difficult to ban attachment therapy, despite its significant dangers. Much of the text's material is drawn from court testimony from the therapists' trial, and from 11 hours of videotape made while Candace was forcibly held beneath a blanket by several adults during the therapy. This book also presents history connecting attachment therapy to century-old fringe treatments, explaining why they may appeal to an unsophisticated public. This book will appeal to general readers, such as parents and adoption educators, as well as to scholars and students in clinical psychology, child psychiatry, and social work., The tragic and shocking story of a 10-year-old girl who was suffocated during a fringe therapy illuminates legal issues that make it difficult to ban such practices.
LC Classification NumberRJ507
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