Chapter Eleven: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Taking Psychology With You:
How to Evaluate a Self-help Book

INTRODUCTION

A few things to keep in mind if you want to modify someone's behavior.

KEY CONCEPTS

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• The authors should be qualified.

• Advice should be based on sound scientific theory.
  
  
• Evidence of effectiveness should be included.
  
  
• The book should not promise the impossible.
  
  
• Advice should be organized into a systematic program.

LINKS About Self-Help Books

• www.link: More on how to evaluate self-help material.

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