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Questionable Theories and Practices

• APA Advisory on "Ecstasy" (MDMA) (link to another site)
• Astrology (link to another site)
• Attachment Therapy
• Auditory Integration Training (AIT)
• Autism: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Etiology and Treatment
• Bach Remedies
• Biofeedback Gadgets
• "Brain Wave Synchronizers"
• Chelation Therapy
• Doman-Delacato Treatment
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Feingold Diet
• Facilitated Communication
• Gluten- and Casein-Free Diets for Autism
• Graphology
• MMR Vaccine Not Linked to Autism
• Neural Organization Technique (NOT)
• Neuro Emotional Technique (NET)
• Neurolinguistic Programming
• Neurotherapy (also called neurofeedback) (link to another site)
• Nutritional Supplements for Down Syndrome
• Optometric Visual Training
• Orgone Therapy
• Orthomolecular Therapy
• Past-Life Therapy
• Procedures to Avoid
• "Psychic" Advice by Mail or Telephone
• Psychic Practices (Astrology, Tarot, Palm Reading, Tarot, etc.)
• Psychomotor Patterning
• Psychotherapy Mismanagement
• Routine Personality Testing
• Secretin Found Ineffective for Treating Austism
• Sensory Integration (link to another site)
• Self-Help Instructional Programs
• Stimulation of False Memories
• Subliminal Tapes
• Thought Field Therapy (TFT)

Dubious Laboratory Tests

• Hair Analysis
• Dubious Mercury Testing

Dubious Credentials

• Psychologist's Cat "Credentialed" by Five Groups (link to another site)

Questionable Information Sources

• Peter R. Breggin, M.D.
  • Some Notes on ADHD and Breggin's Attack on Ritalin
  • Review of "Talking Back to Ritalin"
• John Gray, PhD (link to another site)
• Lendon Smith, M.D.

Consumer Strategy

• Where to Get Mental Help

Enforcement and Legal Actions

• Arizona Board Sanctions Psychologist for Use of Thought Field Therapy.
• Edelson Center Sued for Fraud and Malpractice
• FTC Halts Unsubstantiated Claims That Evening Primrose Oil and Pycnogenol Are Effective against Attention Deficit Disorder
• Natural Organics settles FTC Charges that they made unsubstantiated ADHD treatment claims
• New Vision Agrees to Stop Claiming That It's "God's Recipe" Dietary Regimen Can Cure ADD/ADHD
• Psychologist Agrees to Stop Questionable Child Custody Evaluations
• Psychologist Ordered to Stop Using Sex Toys When Treating Children
• "Rebirthers" Who Killed Child Receive 16-Year Prison Terms
• FDA Warning Letter to NatureMost of New England (hyperactivity product)
• FDA Warning Letter to Better Way Kids (hyperactivity product)

Political Issues

• Why Psychologists Should Not Be Licensed Prescribe Psychiatric Drugs
• SSCP Task Force Statement on Prescribing Prvileges (RxP)
• RxP Truth Squad Web site

Recommended Publications

• International Consensus Statement on ADHD
• Outcome Studies on Psychoanalysis
• Scientific Status of Projective Psychological Tests
• U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
• Attachment Therapy on Trial: The Torture and Death of Candice Newmaker (book)
• Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice (journal)
• Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology (book)

Information about Scientology

• FACTNet International
• Operation Clambake
• Narconon Exposed

Other Useful Web Sites

• ADDitude Magazine: Information on ADHD
• Advocate Web: Focuses on exploitation of patients
• Advocates for Children in Therapy (ACT): Information about abusive "treatment" of children
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Family Foundation: Cults and other topics related to psychologic manipulation
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychoanalytic Association
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
• Creative Therapeutics (publishing company)
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• False Memory Syndrome
  • False Memory Syndrome Foundation
  • Writings of Elizabeth Loftus, PhD
• Internet Mental Health
• Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
• Orthorexia Home Page: Discusses obsessive preoccupation with "healthy" food
• Science & Pseudoscience Review in Mental Health