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基本説明
Argues that MPD is not a legitimate psychiatric disorder but a cultural construct, one with roots in earlier beliefs about demonic possession and upheld today by misguided psychotherapists and their patients.
Full Description
Multiple personality—the mysterious capture of the body by alien, unseen personalities, or "alters"—is the stuff of courtroom drama and the basis of riveting accounts like Sybil. It's also a staple in horror movies, and that, according to Nicholas Spanos, is where it should stay.
In Multiple Identities and False Memories, Spanos, one of the world's leading experts in the study of hypnosis, delivers a blistering rebuttal to long-held assumptions about multiple personality disorder (MPD) or dissociative identity disorder (DID).
Written in a forceful, unapologetic style, and bolstered by a thorough examination of the relevant science, this book argues that MDP, or DID, is not a legitimate psychiatric disorder but a cultural construct, one with roots in earlier beliefs about demonic possession and upheld today by misguided psychotherapists and their patients.
Multiple Identities is a vivid, scholarly statement on a subject that fascinates psychology professionals, sociologists, cultural critics, and lay readers alike.
This softcover edition is a re-release of the 1996 hardcover edition.
Contents
Preface — John F. Chaves and Bill Jones
About the Author
Introduction
I. The Use of Hypnosis as a Therapeutic Tool
Hypnosis: Mythology Versus Reality
High Hypnotizability and Dramatic Behaviors
Hypnotic Amnesia, Posthypnotic Response, and "Brainwashing"
II. Creating False Memories
Distortions of Memory
The Seduction Theory: Old and New Versions
Child Sexual Abuse and the Fate of Abuse Memories
Hypnosis, Age Regression, and Memory
Complex False Memories, Body Memories, and Hypnosis
UFO Abduction: An Example of Complex False Memory
The Experimental Creation of Multiplicity
III. Multiple Identities in Other Cultures and Times
Cross-Cultural Studies of Spirit Possession
Historical Manifestations of Demonic Possession
The Social Functions of Possession
From Possession to Dual Consciousness
From Dual Consciousness to Multiple Personality
The History of Dissociation
IV. The Theory of Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder and Social Learning
Correlates of Multiple Personality Disorder
Child Abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder, Recovered Memories, and Sociopolitical Considerations
V. Conclusion
Final Thoughts
References
Author Index
Subject Index
