Sybil exposed the extraordinary story behind the famous multiple personality case

Sybil: a name that resonates with legions of obsessed fans who followed the nonfiction blockbuster from 1973. The book rocketed multiple personality disorder into public consciousness and played a major role in having the diagnosis added to the psychiatric bible Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...

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Main Author: Nathan, Debbie
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2012, ©2011.
Edition:1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
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245 1 0 |a Sybil exposed :  |b the extraordinary story behind the famous multiple personality case /  |c Debbie Nathan. 
250 |a 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Free Press,  |c 2012, ©2011. 
300 |a xxi, 297 p., [8] p. of plates :  |b ill. ;  |c 22 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-282) and index. 
505 0 |a Shirley -- Connie -- Flora -- Dr. Wilbur -- Miss Mason -- Professor Schreiber -- Manhattan -- The couch -- Addiction -- Clinical tales -- Convalescence -- Cure -- Impatience -- The edit -- The book -- The film -- Commitment -- Exposure -- Breakdown -- Contagion -- Containment -- Demise. 
520 |a Sybil: a name that resonates with legions of obsessed fans who followed the nonfiction blockbuster from 1973. The book rocketed multiple personality disorder into public consciousness and played a major role in having the diagnosis added to the psychiatric bible Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. But what do we really know about how Sybil came to be? The author provides evidence that the allegedly true story outlined in the mega-bestseller was largely fabricated. The actual identity of Sybil (Shirley Mason) has been available for some years, as has the idea that the book might have been exaggerated. But the author reveals the trio of women behind the legend: the willing patient, her ambitious shrink, and the imaginative journalist who spun their story into bestseller gold. This book draws from an enormous trail of papers, records, photos, and tapes to unearth the lives and passions of these three women whose story exploded into an epic movement with consequences beyond their wildest dreams. 
600 0 0 |a Sybil,  |d 1923-1998  |x Mental health. 
600 1 0 |a Schreiber, Flora Rheta. 
600 1 0 |a Wilbur, C. B. 
650 0 |a Multiple personality  |x Patients  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Hoaxes. 
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