One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance
- ISBN-10
- 0312304447
- ISBN-13
- 9780312304447
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-06-27
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Christina Hoff Sommers
Description
A critical exploration of what the author believes to be an alarming reduction of personal accountability in America argues that the therapy industry is directly related to rising levels of crime, addiction, mental illness, and lawsuit filing, challenging popular beliefs about stress management and public grief counseling. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
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- 2005-04-01
- 310 pages
- Paperback
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- 2007-04-01
- 320 pages
- Ebook
- St. Martin's Press
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