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Concerned About Unconventional Mental Health Interventions?

Concerned About Unconventional Mental Health Interventions?
Alternative Psychotherapies: Evaluating Unconventional Mental Health Treatments

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A Survivor of Holding Therapy Tells His Story

Please go to http://anyachaika.wordpress.com/2011.04/05/a-first-hand-account-of-holding-therapy-in-the-uk and read one boy's experience of holding therapy and other disturbing treatment. The author of this piece is a young man now and is preparing to fight against the use of "fringe" mental health treatments in the United Kingdom.

2 comments:

  1. As always Dr. Mercer, thank you for keeping the use of these fringe therapies in the spotlight.

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  2. And thank you for reading. These things haven't gone away.

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