Psychology and legislation.

Legislation concerning psychology must be viewed in a larger political and social context. There must be opposition to restrictive legislation which seems currently to arise out of the anti-intellectualism of the present. Legislation is only the third of the means of protecting the public from quackery—the first two are training of professionals and public education concerning the profession. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)