Chapter 16 is mostly about different psychological and
biological treatments that are used in psychology, but there was
one factor that struck me the most. It's becoming more common in
our society to seek professional help when facing recurring
problems. We're expected to sit in on a few sessions, get
diagnosed and then properly treated. However, it was found that
in some cases, psychotherapies can make people worse off
(Barlow, 2010; Dimidjian & Hollon, 2010; Lilienfeld, 2007). One
example are coercive restraint therapies which are targeted
towards children, usually fostered or adopted children, who have
attachment issues. The extent of the therapy consists of the
child being physically held down until they stop resisting and
they begin to show eye contact and are open to reason. Such a
treatment questions ethics and can even be seen as barbaric, as
there's a possibility of physical injuries, or in extreme
measures, even death. Another more commonly known "therapy" is
the national D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse and Res