“Every parent should read this.”—Elon Musk
“Essential reading for parents, teachers, and mental health professionals.”—Richard J. McNally, PhD, professor of psychology at Harvard University
“Shrier persuasively and forcefully demonstrates how mental health professionals (and some parents) often make things worse for the kids and adolescents they aim to help.”—Elizabeth Loftus, distinguished professor of psychological science at University of California, Irvine
“A powerful critique of a culture in which ‘traumatic’ describes anything from horrific abuse to your new laptop going on the blink.”—Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
“Shocking, revelatory, and eminently important… A must read!”—Amy Chua, Yale law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and The Golden Gate
“Five stars.”—Caitlin Flanagan, staff writer at The Atlantic
“A dazzling combination of investigative reporting and story-telling.”—Gerald Posner, award-winning investigative journalist and author of Pharma
“An astute and impassioned analysis of the mental-health crisis now afflicting adolescents.” —Kay Hymowitz, City Journal
“Fascinating, urgent.” —Bari Weiss, Free Press
“Bad Therapy takes a sledgehammer to every article of therapeutic parenting and pedagogical faith.”—Mary Harrington, Unherd
“Pacy, no-holds barred….a thought-provoking, though uncomfortable, read.“—Financial Times
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