{"product_id":"creating-hysteria-joan-acocella-9780787947941","title":"Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder","description":"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 their patients, of a psychotherapy professionat war within its own ranks, and finally of expatients rising upand putting an And to the MPD scandal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Acocella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0787947946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780787947941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.28w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/09\/1999 pg. 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/1999 pg. 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1999 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/1999 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/1999 pg. 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/16\/1999","brand":"Joan Acocella","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059696005375,"sku":"9780787947941","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_927795d3-ab41-4569-ac80-c50f37a8a930.jpg?v=1685059785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-hysteria-joan-acocella-9780787947941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}