This randomized pilot study investigated the effects of meditation with yoga (and psychoeducation) versus group therapy with hypnosis (and psychoeducation) versus psychoeducation alone on diagnostic status and symptom levels among 46 individuals with long-term depressive disorders. Results indicate that significantly more meditation group participants experienced a remission than did controls at 9-month follow-up. Eight hypnosis group participants also experienced a remission, but the difference from controls was not statistically significant. Three control participants, but no meditation or hypnosis participants, developed a new depressive episode during the study, though this difference did not reach statistical significance in any case. Although all groups reported some reduction in symptom levels, they did not differ significantly in that outcome. Overall, these results suggest that these two interventions show promise for treating low- to moderate-level depression.

This book is offered as a practical resource to help psychologists learn and apply the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.In three concise sections,

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Dr. White was contacted by the general counsel of a manufacturing company to do a blind review of the test results of a woman who is making a disability claim against the company. He was provided with the results of her Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) by the attorney, who pointed out that the "fake bad" scale was elevated and that the profile had a high score on the F scale and low score on the K scale. Such scores indicate signs of possible exaggeration, or faking, especially in the context of litigation. The attorney lacked information about how and why the test was administered, but she asked Dr. White to write a brief report stating that the woman is very likely exaggerating her disability. The attorney also indicated that Dr. White's court testimony would not be necessaryonly the report is needed.Dr. White was experienced in forensic work. He was well aware of the attorney's obvious attempts to persuade him to state that the woman was exaggerating her disability. However, he was concerned that making such statements in the absence of additional information about the woman and the circumstances of testing would be overreaching and knowingly doing something with the test results that would be deceptive to the court. He informed the attorney of his reservations and withdrew from the case.

Accuracy of repressed memories recovered in hypnosis cannot be reliably determined with any greater certainty than non-hypnotically recalled events. Therefore, the practice of therapists' accepting hypnotically enhanced memories as veridical, absent corroborating evidence, is not advocated. A 52-year-old woman with a 27-year history of panic attacks and sleep disorder inadvertently recovered incest memories in hypnosis. Photographs and remembered events by other family members were thought by the patient to provide general support although they did not constitute actual proof of abuse. Implications are discussed.