You Must Be Dreaming($14.68Value)

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A woman sexually abused by the man she trusted most describes her battle to bring her psychiatrist, Dr. Jules Masserman, to justice for drugging and raping her, describing how the doctor's own colleagues refused to believe her charges. 50,000 first printing. Tour. This book soberly recounts the 18-year treatment by renowned psychiatrist Jules H. Masserman of singer Noel, who began analysis because she experienced debilitating facial pain when she sang. Despite saying that she was relatively well adjusted, Masserman administered hundreds of unnecessary treatments of sodium amytal, a barbiturate that rendered Noel unconscious and to which she became addicted. In the last session, Noel awoke to find Masserman raping her. Though Masserman's insurers settled Noel's and three other cases out of court, and Masserman voluntarily surrendered his license to practice medicine and psychotherapy, he has received little public censure and only a five-year suspension from the American Psychiatric Association, on whose board of trustees he still sits. This book ought to be widely read. For most psychology collections. - Bonnie Hoffman, Stony Brook, N.Y. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.