Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share Science and Pseudoscience in Social Work Practice -- Chapter 1: Characteristics of Science and Pseudoscience in Social Work Practice -- Why Should Social Workers Care About Pseudoscience? -- What is Pseudoscience? -- Pseudoscience: A History Lesson -- How Smart People Can Be Fooled and Why We Need Good Research -- Misuse of Legitimate Research -- References -- Chapter 2: Pseudoscience in Clinical Assessment -- The Reliability and Validity of Social Work Assessment -- Anatomically Correct Dolls -- Applied Kinesiology and Other Bioenergetic Assessment Methods -- Thought Field Therapy and Applied Kinesiology -- Other Energy Therapy Assessment Methods -- Personality Typing and Testing -- The Enneagram -- The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator -- Electronic or Mechanical Assessment Devices -- Clarity Meter (aka E-Meter) -- Gentle Wind Project Instruments -- Hair Analysis -- Neurolinguistic Programming -- Reiki -- Person-In-Environment System -- Other Examples -- Genograms and Ecomaps -- Are You Serious? -- Concluding Remarks -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Pseudoscience in Treating Children and Adolescents -- Interventions for Emotional and Behavioral Problems Due to Alleged "Attachment Disorders" -- Candace Newmaker: Not Just a "Rebirthing Therapy" Death -- Restraints for Safety Versus Therapy or Behavior Control -- Holding Therapy -- Therapeutic Parenting -- Survivors of ATs -- Reparenting -- Wilderness Therapy -- Boot Camps -- Empirically Supported Alternatives to Questionable Interventions for Behavioral and So-Called Attachment Problems -- Unsupported Treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities -- Dietary and Supplement Interventions -- Neurofeedback -- Interventions for Children with Developmental Disabilities.

References -- Chapter 4: Pseudoscience in Treating Adults Who Experienced Trauma -- Interventions for Trauma and/or PTSD -- What is Trauma? -- Psychological Debriefing and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing/Critical Incident Stress Management -- References -- Chapter 5: Other Pseudoscientific Interventions for Adults -- Thought Field Therapy and Its Offshoots -- Neurolinguistic Programming -- The Culture of Power Therapies -- Sexual Orientation Change Efforts for Gays and Lesbians -- References -- Chapter 6: Pseudoscience in Developmental Disabilities -- Pseudoscientific or Harmful Practices for Autism -- EEG Biofeedback or Neurofeedback for Autism -- Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Among Adopted Children -- "Energy" Therapies -- Animal-Assisted Therapies -- Electroconvulsive Therapy -- Mercury, Autism, and the Antivaccination Movement -- Facilitated Communication -- Social Stories -- Psychoanalytic Theories -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy -- More Promising Approaches -- Note -- References -- Chapter 7: Pseudoscience in Social Work Education and Training -- National Association of Social Workers -- Council on Social Work Education -- Lax Ethical Standards Promote Pseudoscience -- Lax Continuing Education Standards Promote Pseudoscience -- Bogus Social Work Programs -- Plus You Choose the Graduation Year! -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Promoting Science and Discouraging Pseudoscience: The Way Forward -- Improving Social Work Education -- What Can Social Work Students Do? -- Be a Whistle-Blower -- Educating Our Clients to Be Discerning Mental Health Consumers -- Other Options for Clients -- Social Work Should Emulate Engineering -- Summary -- References -- Index.