as a result of the book, with some labeling her "in deep denial," or "part of the backlash." In her book Diseases of the Will, Mariana Valverde described some of the arguments put forth in the book as "a clever polemic against recovery from the point of view of an enlightened rationalism." In Linda Farris Kurtz's Self-Help and Support Groups, she described the book as "a wide-ranging but somewhat unbalanced critique of recovery groups and recovery literature." Robert H. Vasoli's What God Has Joined Together characterized the work as "a lurid and incisive critique." The book was highlighted among The New York Times' "Notable Books of the Year 1992," where it was described as: "a witty, occasionally harsh account of people who call their troubles diseases and blame other people for them." I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional has later been cited by other books that also criticize the self-help movement. In his 2005 book, Sham: How The Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless, author Steve Salerno cites Kaminer while critiquing the effects of victimization on American culture. See also Folk psychology Popular psychology Propositional attitude Psychobabble Self-help References 1992 non-fiction books English-language books Human Potential Movement Personal development Self-help books