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• catalog abstract ""In Creating Hysteria, Joan Acocella tells how, over the past three decades, thousands of women seeking help for various psychological problems were told that they had multiple personality disorder and were sucked into this nightmarish therapy. In session after session, under their therapists' prompting, they produced "memories"--And screaming reenactments - of childhood victimization. Asked to search within themselves for hidden personalities, they came up with entire squadrons: children, harlots, angels, devils." "This book describes how a group of reckless therapists used hypnosis, drugs, and sheer persuasion to mold their patients' symptoms into multiple personality disorder." "Creating Hysteria analyzes the forces that fed into the MPD epidemic: media sensationalism, Christian fundamentalism, the culture wars, and feminism. (Though ruinous to women, this diagnosis was endorsed by many feminists.) Money was another factor. MPD, the experts said, took years to cure. An MPD diagnosis was one way of getting around the new restrictions placed on psychotherapy by managed care." "Eventually, victims of this cruel hoax discovered what had happened to them and began suing their therapists. As a result, the MPD empire is now crumbling. Acocella describes the damage this bizarre craze did to the profession of psychotherapy, to the child-protection movement, and to women's rights."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11364124.
• catalog created "c1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "c1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
• catalog description ""In Creating Hysteria, Joan Acocella tells how, over the past three decades, thousands of women seeking help for various psychological problems were told that they had multiple personality disorder and were sucked into this nightmarish therapy. In session after session, under their therapists' prompting, they produced "memories"--And screaming reenactments - of childhood victimization. Asked to search within themselves for hidden personalities, they came up with entire squadrons: children, harlots, angels, devils." "This book describes how a group of reckless therapists used hypnosis, drugs, and sheer persuasion to mold their patients' symptoms into multiple personality disorder." "Creating Hysteria analyzes the forces that fed into the MPD epidemic: media sensationalism, Christian fundamentalism, the culture wars, and feminism. (Though ruinous to women, this diagnosis was endorsed by many feminists.) Money was another factor. MPD, the experts said, took years to cure. An MPD diagnosis was one way of getting around the new restrictions placed on psychotherapy by managed care." "Eventually, victims of this cruel hoax discovered what had happened to them and began suing their therapists. As a result, the MPD empire is now crumbling. Acocella describes the damage this bizarre craze did to the profession of psychotherapy, to the child-protection movement, and to women's rights."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-195) and index.".
• catalog description "One woman's story -- The history -- The epidemic -- The therapy -- The science -- The crisis -- The attack -- The retrenchment -- The effects -- The intellectuals -- Women -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.".
• catalog extent "ix, 214 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Creating hysteria.".
• catalog identifier "0787947946".
• catalog isFormatOf "Creating hysteria.".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "c1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers,".
• catalog relation "Creating hysteria.".
• catalog subject "1999 J-260".
• catalog subject "616.85/236/0082 21".
• catalog subject "False memory syndrome.".
• catalog subject "Multiple Personality Disorder.".
• catalog subject "Multiple personality.".
• catalog subject "RC569.5.M8 A28 1999".
• catalog subject "Repression, Psychology.".
• catalog subject "WM 173.6 A185c 1999".
• catalog subject "Women.".
• catalog tableOfContents "One woman's story -- The history -- The epidemic -- The therapy -- The science -- The crisis -- The attack -- The retrenchment -- The effects -- The intellectuals -- Women -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.".
• catalog title "Creating hysteria : women and multiple personality disorder / Joan Acocella.".
• catalog type "text".