Title: You must be dreaming
Description: When Barbara Noel first went to Dr. Jules Masserman, he predicted she'd be cured of her performance anxiety within two years. But after six months, he injected her with a barbiturate to help her "overcome her resistance to the truth" of what was bothering her. He gave her that drug for the next eighteen years - until the harrowing day she awakened from a drugged sleep to find herself being raped by the man she trusted most. This spellbinding, chilling story tells how a bright, articulate woman spent years under the sway of the cunning psychiatrist who used her for his sexual purposes. Step by riveting step, in a series of revelations about the secret lives of both doctor and patient, Barbara Noel relives her battle to understand herself and to bring Dr. Jules Masserman to justice for his sexual and ethical betrayals. It wasn't an easy battle. Jules Masserman was considered "Psychiatry's Ambassador to the World." As past president of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, as well as chairman of psychiatry at Northwestern University Medical School, he seemed invincible. But Barbara Noel wasn't alone. Jules Masserman had other accusers. Many of them. Nevertheless, Dr. Masserman still categorically denies any wrongdoing and has never been charged with a criminal offense or lost a civil suit, although his insurance company has settled out of court with several of his accusers. An exclusive interview with him is included in the Afterword of this book. From its shocking beginning to its haunting conclusion, You Must Be Dreaming is a suspenseful journey into the psyche of a young woman who fell victim to the hidden, twisted heart of a brilliant and charming man. It is also an important and critical expose of one of medicine's darkest secrets - the rogue doctor who holds raw power over patients he considers little more than human guinea pigs.
Subjects: Sexually abused patients, Case studies, Professional ethics, Biography, Psychiatrists, Medical Ethics, Personal Narratives, Physician-Patient Relations, Sexual Child Abuse
Places: United States
People: Barbara Noël, Jules Hymen Masserman (1905-)