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Author Nathan, Debbie.

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

Imprint New York : Free Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  616.85236 Nat    ---  Available
Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description xxi, 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-282) and index.
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.
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.
Local Note 52
Subject Sybil, 1923-1998 -- Mental health.
Multiple personality -- Patients -- Biography.
Added Title Extraordinary story behind the famous multiple personality case
ISBN 9781439168271
143916827X

 
    
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