Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Jossey-BassISBN-13:9780787947941ISBN-10:787947946UPC:9780787947941Book Category:Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, PsychopathologyBook Topic:Compulsive BehaviorSize:9.34 x 6.28 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC14TYGCCV
Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder
From 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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Jossey-BassISBN-13:9780787947941ISBN-10:787947946UPC:9780787947941Book Category:Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, PsychopathologyBook Topic:Compulsive BehaviorSize:9.34 x 6.28 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC14TYGCCV
JOAN ACOCELLA coauthored the textbook Abnormal Psychology: Current Perspectives, now in its eighth edition. A staff writer for The New Yorker, she is the author of Mark Morris (1993) and the editor of The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky (1999).
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