Alternative types of psychotherapy. Assessment of non -traditional approaches to the treatment of mental disorders

The book critically examines the non -traditional ("alternative ”) types of treatment of mental disorders currently in the USA and Europe: their prerequisites, theoretical and historical foundations, as well as their connection with the established scientific views on psychotherapy and medicine. Anxiety is expressed regarding potential harm that pseudo -scientific psychotherapeutic methods are carrying out popularity, cases from practice, assessment and position of the scientific community are given.
For domestic experts and a wide range of readers, the book of Professor J. Mercer will be useful as a kind of guide to foreign practices in the field of mental health of children and adults, which does not always meet the criteria for safety and effectiveness of application