Sybil exposed : the extraordinary story behind the famous multiple personality case / Debbie Nathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nathan, Debbie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sybil, 1923-1998--Mental health.

Sybil.

Sybil, 1923-1998.

Multiple personality--Patients--Biography.

Multiple personality.

Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Multiple personality--Patients.

Mental health.

Medical Subjects:

Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Free Press hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Free Press, [2011]

Summary:

The true story of the three women behind Sybil, the famous multiple-personality case.

Sybil. The 1973 nonfiction blockbuster and the TV movie based on it became both a pop phenomenon and a revolutionary force in the psychotherapy industry. The book rocketed multiple personality disorder into public consciousness. Nathan presents proof that the allegedly true story was largely fabricated. What really powered the legend was a trio of women: the willing patient, her ambitious shrink, and the imaginative journalist who spun their story into bestseller gold.

Contents:

pt. I. Symptoms

Shirley

Connie

Flora

pt II. Diagnosis

Dr. Wilbur

Miss Mason

Professor Schreiber

pt. III. Treatment

Manhattan

The couch

Addiction

Clinical tales

Convalescence

Cure

Impatience

pt. IV. Case study

The edit

The book

The film

pt. V. Relapse

Commitment

Exposure

Breakdown

Contagion

Containment

Demise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-282) and index.

ISBN:

9781439168271

143916827X

OCLC:

705260954