At a New York psychiatric facility, a young intern, Martin Obler, is assigned his first patient, Moira, a beautiful, sensitive policewoman. Three weeks before, during a bank robbery, Moira froze. The robber escaped as she stood staring down at his revolver lying on the pavement. When she finally was able to bend down to retrieve the gun, excruciating pain shot through her back. The pain continued unabated. An examination disclosed no physical cause. Doctors and her superiors called her condition psychosomatic. If Moira wanted to keep her job, she would have to enter therapy. It soon became apparent to Obler that Moira's immediate distress is only part of much darker forces that plague her. In therapy sessions, several personalities violently emerge revealing the demons of her past. Obler, who fights demons of his own, feels compassion for her plight. But he is reprimanded for his sympathetic approach by his supervisor, the famed, charismatic Dr. Mardoff. Mardoff insists Moira be handled by harsh methods. Denying that Moira has multiple personalities, he belittles her illness, brands her a "hysteric, " and characterizes her as a malingering, sexually manipulative woman. Intern, patient, and doctor form a complex triangle of innocence, madness, and evil. As the power-driven psychiatrist begins to manipulate Moira's treatment to his own deadly ends, Obler is faced with making traumatic decisions. They will not only affect his immediate career, but also the rest of his life - and the fragile existence of his patient, Moira.
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In this psychological horror story both the patient, Moira (a young policewoman afflicted with multi-personalities disorder), and Obler (a clinical psychology intern in New York City), are manipulated by Obler's superior, a malevolent psychiatrist. Through composites, flashbacks, jargon and the "adding or altering of scenes when necessary," Obler plumbs the trio's neuroses, which he attributes to their abusive families and marital and career problems. He gives protracted accounts of their professional and personal relationships, concluding with Moira's observation--shortly before she committed suicide--that "there's little difference between victim and victimizer--both are looking to feel needed and wanted." 10,000 first printing.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Doc is this book fiction also?,
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This review is from: Moira (Hardcover)
If your thinking about buying this book by "Doctor" Obler I suggest you read the reviews of his other so called "true" crime book Fatal Analysis.
It would appear these these are fiction books being passsed off as True Crime books.
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Good for new therapists,
This review is from: Moira (Hardcover)
This is a recomended book for new therapist in their intern stage. The intern came across Moria as a clinic patient, original diagnosis of histronic personality disorder. The intern realized that DID was the correct disorder and fought with the mental health system on her treatment. If you would like to buy this book, please click Here
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