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Sybil - Multiple Personality Disorder

            Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is one of the most talked about and publicized disorders known and is the center of much debate and criticism. The past two decades have shown an increase in the number of cases of MPD but there are many professionals that are skeptical about whether it even exists. MPD and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) are related with some variations the two. Multiple personalities are rare, but "Evidence of multiple personality is not a new development of the twentieth century. In fact, evidence of multiple personality is said to exist in the images of shamans changed into animal forms or embodying spirits in Paleolithic cave paintings"[Put89]. Treatment for MPD or DID has raised much controversy over if the disorder actually exists or if it is caused by the therapist in the way they use hypnosis to find out the cause. Exploring the movie Sybil, both versions the 1974 and the 2007, gave insight to the disorder and the treatment. .
             The movie Sybil is based on a true story of a college student that after multiple blackouts and a cut hand she found herself in the hospital being treated by a doctor that recommended a psych evaluation. Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, a psychiatrist was assigned to her case and found Sybil talking in a baby voice. At first glance, Dr. Wilbur did not see anything that was abnormal, until she starts treating Sybil in her office and finds that she was not making any sense with the conversation that they were having. She goes between facts that her mother was good and she was not very close to she got to know her when she was sick. The 2007 movie of Sybil went into more detail than the original mini-series made for TV version of Sybil. Between both of the movies they both agreed that Sybil was seriously messed up. She had suffered abuse that was so severe as a child that in order to protect herself, she created 16 different personalities to cope.


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1. Sybil

The author attempts to present the narrative as a true case of multiple personality disorder. ... He also said that he told Schreiber that Sybil didn't have multiple personalities, and Schreiber said, `If we don't call it multiple personality, the publisher won't want it, it won't sell •."" ... Before the publication of "Sybil- there were only about 75 reported cases of multiple personalities disorder. ... But Schreiber's book was, the first one that firmly tied multiple personality to child abuse, a notion that had gained widespread recognition in the 1960s an...

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  • Grade Level: High School

2. Sybil - Psychology Analysis

After multiple psychotherapy sessions with Sybil, many memories begin to surface in the form of different personality, and different memories for each, "individual.... Wilbur, and at some point in time becomes a different personality, and comes back to herself, Sybil, after hours of unrecalled memories, with the dr. ... After extensive, research and reference to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Sybil experiences more than half of the criteria described for both disorders, and aggressive symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder. From multiple sessions, Sybil ...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. Movie Review Abnormal Psyc

There is a wide range of problems considered "psychological disorders" such as multiple personality disorders, and schizophrenia as is depicted in the films Sybil, and A Beautiful Mind. ... Schizophrenia, and Multiple Personality Disorder are diseases which are usually misinterpreted; schizophrenia is not a split personality such as that portrayed in Sybil. Multiple personality disorder, currently known as Disassociative Identity Disorder and Abuse, is a mental illness where a person's thoughts, feelings, and memories are scattered throughout two or more separate personalities within ...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. Sybil Analysis

This is an analysis on the movie "Sybil," an incredible adaptation of a real-life case of a woman who suffered from dissociative identity disorder; formally known as Multi-personality disorder. ... Wilbur recognizes that Sybil is suffering from multiple personality syndrome. ... For example, suicidal thoughts is one of the symptoms that a person with DID would have and one of Sybil's personality, Marcia, is extremely suicidal. ... The smell of disinfectant was what triggered the personality of Peggy; she was the only personality that experienced the painful flashback to the abuse. Sybil...

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5. Abuse Leading to Multiple Personality Disorder

"Unmasking Sybil." ... Mark and Barbara, by writing this magazine article, were trying to take apart the story of Sybil, or Shirley Ardell Mason, and to inform the reader on the life of Sybil and how Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) affected her and those around her. ... This article taught me about the life of Sybil and how and how the book written in Sybil's honor, may not have been entirely true. ... The article also focuses on the aspects of the personality's within a victim. ... "Multiple Personality Disorder: Witchcraft Survives in the Twentieth..." ...

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6. False Memory Syndrome

Multiple personality disorder (MPD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by having at least one "alter" personality, which controls behavior. ... In 1994, the American Psychiatric Association's DMS-IV replaced the designation of MPD with DID: dissociative identity disorder (DSM-IV 4th ed.). ... At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior. ... The latest research, however, indicates that the disorders may be equally prevalent (but less frequently diagnosed) among the male population. ... In theory, once a memory is reco...

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7. Multiple Personality Disorder

Multiple Personality Disorders Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) was first recognized in the 1700's but was not understood so therefore it was forgotten. ... or "Is a certain type of personality more vulnerable to the disorder?" ... The adult with MPD has no idea they were abused as children and also unaware of the other personalities living inside of their head (Multiple Personality Disorder-fact sheet, 1996-99, p.1). ... The host personality is the person who is the multiple, this is the original personality, or the one that created the other...

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8. Dissociate Identity Disorder

(Sidran.org) A more severe form of disassociation is Dissociate Identity Disorder or formally called Multiple Personality Disorder. DID is a psychiatric disorder characterized by having at least one "alter" personality. ... The famous case of "Sybil" leads some psychiatrists to be skeptic about the disorder. "Sybil was said to have six-teen personalities. ... (Sidran.com) Multiple selves definitely do exist and have existed in other cultures for hundreds of years. ...

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9. The Magic Daughter

My knowledge of multiple personality disorder is limited to the information I've learned in class. The only images of multiple personality disorder that I've encountered were on television, the most memorable image is the movie Sybil. ... Statistics state that women out number men, nine to one when it comes to multiple personality disorders. ... The fact Phillips story is detailed, displays a different aspect on a person who has multiple personality disorder. ... The book is a story of Phillips life as a person living with multiple personality disorder. ...

  • Word Count: 972
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

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