Making_Monsters:_false_memories,_psychotherapy_and_sexual_hysteria
Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria
1994 book
Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria is a 1994 book by Richard Ofshe and Ethan Watters, published by Scribner's. It is critical of recovered memory movements,[1] allegations of abuse by Satanic cults, and multiple-personality disorder diagnoses. Ofshe, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his news reporting, is a University of California, Berkeley professor of social psychology. Watters is a freelance writer.[2]
It makes use of various case studies,[1] including the George Franklin case.[2] The book does not mention the Marilyn Van Derbur case.[3]
Katy Butler of the Los Angeles Times was "not the dispassionate work of scientists".[1] John F. Kihlstrom of Yale University, citing the authors' "anger" at the phenomenon of recovered memories, stated "There is nothing dispassionate about this book."[4]