About Mental Health Watch
Questionable Theories and Methods
- American Psychiatric Association Advisory on “Ecstasy” (MDMA)
- 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 Gym / Edu-K (link to another site)
- “Brain Wave Synchronizers”
- Chelation Therapy
- Doman-Delacato Treatment
- Dore treatment program for dyslexia
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)(link to another site)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Feingold Diet
- Facilitated Communication
- Gluten- and Casein-Free Diets for Autism
- Graphology
- Hypnosyneergistics
- Labyrinth Walking
- Linden Method (link to another site)
- MEND Protocol(link to another site)
- MMR Vaccine Not Linked to Autism
- Neural Depolaization (NDP)
- 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
- Orionic Harmonizing Therapy
- Orthomolecular Therapy
- Past-Life Therapy
- Procedures to Avoid
- “Psychic” Advice by Mail or Telephone
- Psychic Practices (Astrology, Tarot, Palm Reading, Tarot, etc.)
- PSYCH-K™
- Psychoenergetics
- Psychomotor Patterning
- Psychotherapy Mismanagement
- Routine Personality Testing
- Secretin Found Ineffective for Treating Autism
- Sensory Integration (link to another site)
- Self-Help Instructional Programs
- Splankna Therapy (link to another site)
- Stimulation of False Memories
- Subliminal Tapes
- Targeted Amino Acid Therapy (link to another site)
- Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
- Mental Help Experts Rate “Discredited” Treatments
Dubious Tests
Dubious Credentials
- “Dr.” Bryan Post Ordered to Stop Misrepresenting Credentials (link to another site)
- Psychologist’s Cat “Credentialed” by Five Groups (link to another site)
Questionable Information Sources
- Peter R. Breggin, M.D.
- John Gray, PhD (link to another site)
- Lendon Smith, M.D.
Consumer Strategy
- Where to Get Mental Help
- How to Recognize and Deal with Boundary Violations
- Destructive Cult Conversion: Theory, Research, and Treatment
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)
- “Psychoenergetics” Founder Loses Medical License (posted 2/26/07)
Political Issues
- Why Psychologists Should Not Be Licensed Prescribe Psychiatric Drugs
- SSCP Task Force Statement on Prescribing Privileges (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
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 Psychiatric Association
- American Psychoanalytic Association
- Anxiety.org
- Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
- False Memory Syndrome
- International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA: Cults and other topics related to psychologic manipulation
- Internet Mental Health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
- Orthorexia Home Page: Discusses obsessive preoccupation with “healthy” food
- Psyc.TV: (Online continuing education for professionals)
- Treatment Advocacy Center: Discusses severe shortage of mental health services