One nation under therapy : how the helping culture is eroding self-reliance / Christina Hoff Sommers...
One nation under therapy : how the helping culture is eroding self-reliance / Christina Hoff Sommers...
One nation under therapy : how the helping culture is eroding self-reliance / Christina Hoff Sommers & Sally Satel.
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N155.8973/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Preface : one nation under therapy -- 1. The myth of the fragile child -- 2. Esteem thyself -- 3. Sin to syndrome -- 4. Emotional correctness -- 5. From pathos to pathology -- 6. September 11, 2001 : the mental health crisis that wasn't -- Conclusion : therapism and the nation's future.
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005.
Edition
1st. U.S. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"Drawing on established science and common sense, Christina Hoff Sommers and Dr. Sally Satel reveal how "therapism" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives. Help is offered everywhere under the presumption that we need it: in children's classrooms, the workplace, churches, courtrooms, the media, the military. But with all...
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One nation under therapy : how the helping culture is eroding self-reliance / Christina Hoff Sommers & Sally Satel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N155.8973/1
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74VKdZMVAEkO
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ISBN
0312304439
9780312304430
DDC
155.8973
MMS ID
991019819319702626
