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Candace Newmaker (Candace Tiara Elmore)

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2000 Apr 18

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Candace Elizabeth Newmaker (19 November 1989 — 18 April 2000) was a victim of child abuse, killed during a 70-minute treatment session supposedly to treat reactive attachment disorder. The form of diagnosis and the treatments used were unvalidated and non-mainstrean methods practised within the field of attachment therapy.

Documents

Title Publication date
The Exorcists: The fine line between saving children and torturing them. 2007 Mar 7
Coercive Restraint Therapies: A Dangerous Alternative Mental Health Intervention 2005 Aug 9
Child Abuse in Two Huge Tennessee Families Investigated 2004 Sep 2
N.C. Rebirthing Ban Comes Under Fire From Supporters 2003 Dec 1
Court upholds conviction in 'rebirthing' death 2003 Aug 29
Utah parents accused of killing 4-year-old daughter with water 2003 May 7
Attachment therapy: A treatment without empirical support 2002 Nov 1
Man Seeks Ban on Therapy He Used on Daughter 2002 Sep 29
House Condemns Rebirthing Therapy 2002 Sep 17
No prison for Candace's adoptive mom 2001 Oct 12
'Rebirthing' mom enters guilty plea 2001 Oct 12
Therapists get 16 years 2001 Jun 19
Therapists sentenced to 16 years in rebirthing death 2001 Jun 18
Grandparents campaign on 'rebirthing' therapy 2001 Jun 14
Seeking Cures, but Finding Anguish 2001 May 6
Stop casualties of pop therapy 2001 May 2
Convicted therapist posts bail, is freed 2001 Apr 25
Videotape, flannel cloth convince jury 2001 Apr 21
Verdict a relief for family 2001 Apr 21
Verdict Reached In Rebirthing Trial 2001 Apr 20
Girl's Death Brings Ban on Kind of Therapy 2001 Apr 18
Expert blasts therapy 2001 Apr 11
The death of a new beginning 2001 Jan 28
Therapist has strong defenders, foes 2000 Oct 29
Her name was Candace 2000 Oct 29
Mother charged in rebirthing death 2000 Sep 6
Four Face Trial in Child's Death 2000 Aug 18
Prosecutor likens 'rebirthing' session to 'torture' 2000 Aug 18
Therapist faces 2nd felony count 2000 Aug 1
Suffer the Children 2000 Jul 27
Alternative therapies not new in Evergreen 2000 Jun 17
Mother Charged in 'Rebirthing' Death 2000 May 26
Evergreen chock-full of therapists 2000 May 21
State probes 'rebirth' therapists 2000 May 20
Girl dies in Colorado after controversial therapy 2000 May 18
"Rebirthers" Who Killed Child Receive 16-Year Prison Terms 2000 Apr 18
Candace Newmaker - Wikipedia articlce 1989 Nov 19
Excerpts from video of the "birth" and death of Candace Newmaker