This indictment of a fringe form of therapy known as "attachment therapy" focuses on the death of a 10-year-old girl who suffocated during a therapy session meant to improve her relationship with her foster mother. The study draws on court testimony and videotape, offering a history of fringe treatments and explaining the legal factors that make fringe therapies difficult to ban. The book is for general readers, parents, adoption educators, and students of psychology and social work. The authors include Mercer (psychology, Richard Stockton College), Sarner (American Association for the Humane Treatment of Children in Therapy), and Rosa (National Council Against Health Fraud). Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)