Propaganda in the Helping Professions

“I would have to describe Eileen Gambrill as ‘the Rachel Carson of health and public policy.’ This is a wonderful book, written with an engaging literary style from a liberal perspective, but as hardnosed as can be when dealing with questions of evidence, on the tendency of vested interests to distract us for their own essentially undemocratic ends. The book is testimony to the fact that soft-heartedness about the human condition need not imply soft-headedness when making evidence-influenced plans to try to assist.” — Brian Sheldon, PhD, University of Exeter

“I can think of no greater accolade than to state how much this book stirred me to think, and of how much I learned from reading it. This is a brilliant book. Every practitioner in the human services and, more importantly, every literate client, should read it. It provides an effective antidote to the pervasive propaganda to be found relating to the causes of psychosocial and biologically based disorders, their assessment, and treatment. A wonderful addition to the literature on scientific skepticism.” — Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, Florida State University

“Propaganda in the Helping Professions is a book that needed to be written and that should be mandatory reading for all consumers. We are drowning in claims and
misinformation–from politicians, the media, and religious and business leaders. If ever
there was time when we needed a lifesaver of truth in this stormy sea of lies, it is now.
Eileen Gambrill has done her part to rectify this sad situation.” — Donald G. Dutton, PsycCRITIQUES