Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry [Hardcover]

InMind the Science, Jonathan N. Stea provides a takedown of mental health misinformation and pseudoscience to educate and embolden readers who wish to make informed decisions about their mental health. Readers are empowered to protect themselves from mental health scams, charlatanry, and poor or misguided health practices that thrive in the multi-trillion-dollar wellness industry. By the end, readers will be better positioned to identify mental health misinformation, to steer clear of misguided and predatory practices, and to understand what mental health really means.A takedown of mental health misinformation and pseudoscience to educate and embolden readers who wish to make informed decisions about their mental health.According to some estimates, there are at least 600 different brands of psychotherapy, most of which are not supported by scientific research. There also exists countless unregulated providers of mental health services in the 5.6 trillion USD wellness industry and alternative medicine community who market themselves as life coaches, wellness consultants, and--depending on particular countries and jurisdictions--other various non-legally protected titles, such as therapists, psychotherapists, counselors, and practitioners. In a landscape where mental health concerns are at a fever pitch and anyone can call themselves a therapist without a license, the world of mental healthcare is very much caveat emptor: buyer beware.InMind the Science, Jonathan N. Stea provides a takedown of mental health misinformation and pseudoscience to educate and embolden readers who wish to make informed decisions about their mental health. Readers are empowered to protect themselves from mental health scams, charlatanry, and poor or misguided health practices that thrive in the multi-trillion-dollar wellness industry. The book begins by acquainting readers with the nature, evolution, and seduction of pseudoscience, coaching lã$