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Controversy
DID is subject to much controversy. Does it exist? How common is it really? These books are based on the controversy of DID, and are Anti-DID in nature. It can be good to know both sides of the coin on these issues, so they have been included here. Making Monsters : False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria The Myth of Repressed Memory |
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Making Monsters : False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria
Richard Ofshe, Ethan Watters (Contributor) Ofshe (social psychology, UC Berkeley) and Watters demonstrate that memories recovered from memory therapy can be fabricated through questionable techniques such as hypnosis. The authors show how the mental health establishment has added to the confusion, trace the problem back to its source, Sigmund Freud, and discuss the creation of pseudomemories, multiple personality disorder, and recent research in the field. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or To order this book through Mosaic Minds partnership program from Amazon Books, click here |
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The Myth of Repressed Memory : False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse
Elizabeth Loftus, Katherine Ketcham Presents several in-depth case studies of how families have been torn apart by child sexual abuse cases based on what Loftus (psychology, U. of Washington) considers the scientifically suspect concept of repressed memory. Drawing on her long experimental research into the nature of memory, she says it is not like video tape, storing images until they are replayed, but is a creative process related to dreams, creative writing, imagination, and wishful thinking. She accuses overzealous and ideological therapists of manipulating the memory of vulnerable women and creating a hysteria similar to the witch hunts. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. To order this book through Mosaic Minds partnership program from Amazon Books, click here |