{"product_id":"creating-hysteria-women-and-multiple-personality-disorder-paperback-softback-9780787947941","title":"Creating Hysteria; Women and Multiple Personality Disorder (Paperback \/ softback) 9780787947941","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreating Hysteria\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen and Multiple Personality Disorder\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoan Acocella (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787947941, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 August 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.5 x 16.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.429 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"At long last we have a volume that takes a hard look at the\"epidemic\" of multiple personality disorders and comes up with somesurprising conclusions.\" (Aaron T. Beck, M.D., University Professorof Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, University ofPennsylvania)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Creating Hysteria exposes one of the most frightening mentalroller coaster rides taken by thousands of people in modern times.Joan Acocella brilliantly illuminates how the mental healthprofession spearheaded, perhaps inadvertently, a fin-de-sieclehysteria, the fallout from which will take us into the nextmillennium. Anyone who has ever been interested in mental healthshould read this book.\" (Elizabeth Loftus, president, AmericanPsychological Society)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A remarkable expose of an embarrassing and mischievous epidemicinstigated by a small group of 'multiple personality' proponents.This book provides ample warning for patients and therapistsalike.\" (Herbert Spiegel, pschiatrist, expert on \"Sybil\"case)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Multiple personality disorder is both fascinating and sad, but thestory of its recent social evolution is deeply disturbing. CreatingHysteria tells a gripping tale that will captivate anyoneinterested in the pathology of the human mind and the culturalforces that shape it.\" (Daniel L. Schacter, professor and chair ofpsychology, Harvard University)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"As Acocella makes devastatingly clear, MPD was a diseaseessentially created by unethical or incompetent therapists andimposed upon their vulnerable female patients. Creating Hysteriatells a sorrowful, infuriating story that compels and deservesattention.\" (WAndy Kaminer, public policy fellow, RadcliffeCollege)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom 1985 to 1995 an estimated 40,000 Americans, most of themwomen, were told they suffered from multiple personality disorder.Feminists, fundamentalists, and a substantial portion of the mentalhealth community Andorsed this \"Sybil-ing\" of America.Sensation-seeking television talk shows took up the MPD rallyingcry. In Creating Hysteria, Joan Acocella tells a riveting tale oftherapists betraying their patients, of a psychotherapy professionat war within its own ranks, and finally of expatients rising upand putting an And to the MPD scandal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Creating Hysteria exposes one of the most frightening mentalrollercoaster rides taken by thousands of people in modern times.Joan Acocella brilliantly illuminates how the mental healthprofession spearheaded, perhaps inadvertently, a fin-de-sieclehysteria, the fallout from which will take us into the nextmillennium. Anyone who has ever been interested in mental healthshould read this book.\"--Elizabeth Loftus, president, AmericanPsychological Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne Woman's Story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The History.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Epidemic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Therapy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Science.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Crisis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Attack.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Retrenchment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Effects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Intellectuals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Women.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the Author.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472083841304,"sku":"9780787947941","price":18.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787947941.jpg?v=1785716680","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creating-hysteria-women-and-multiple-personality-disorder-paperback-softback-9780787947941","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}