Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In 1998, Sigmund Freud historian Peter J. Swales discovered Sybil's true identity. [7] Schreiber's book, whose veracity was challenged (e.g., Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan [8]), stated that Mason had multiple personalities as a result of severe child sexual abuse at the hands of her mother, who, Wilbur believed, had schizophrenia. [9]
Sybil is a 1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about the treatment of Sybil Dorsett (a pseudonym for Shirley Ardell Mason) for dissociative identity disorder (then referred to as multiple personality disorder) by her psychoanalyst, Cornelia B. Wilbur. The book was made into two television movies of the same name, once in 1976 and again in 2007 ...
A book, written by Flora Rheta Schreiber, and a television film, both titled Sybil, were ostensibly non-fiction accounts of the psychiatric treatment received by Mason while in Wilbur's care. She diagnosed and treated Mason for dissociative identity disorder (then referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder) for 11 years, beginning in 1954.
Wilbur finally explains to Sybil about the other personalities. As proof, Wilbur plays the session's tape to allow Sybil to hear their voices, but when a voice that sounds like Sybil's mother Hattie speaks, an infant personality named Ruthie emerges. Wilbur is unable to communicate with the pre-verbal child and must wait until Sybil returns.
Sybil is a 2007 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, and written by John Pielmeier, based on the 1973 book Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, which fictionalized the story of Shirley Ardell Mason, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (more commonly known then as "split personality", now called dissociative identity disorder).
Sybil Haydel Morial, who was a New Orleans power player in her own right, was also the mother of former […] Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Nicky Hilton reveals her mom Kathy’s worst personality trait. Liz Calvario. June 8, 2024 at 1:48 AM ... Working together came natural for the mother-daughter duo — despite some lifelong obstacles.
Sybil (Schreiber book), a book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about Shirley Ardell Mason, an alleged sufferer from multiple personality disorder; Sybil, a 1952 novel by Louis Auchincloss; The Sybil or Sibyllan, a 1956 Swedish novel by Pär Lagerkvist; The Sybil, an American dress reform periodical founded by Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck