Running header: Sybil: Shirley Mason's Sixteen personalities
Sybil: Shirley Mason's Sixteen Personalities
Abstract
"Sybil" is the true story of a woman named Shirley Mason; whose life was documented in a movie and a book. Shirley was treated for Dissociative Identity Disorder, which was earlier named, Multiple Personality Disorder. Shirley is said to have had up to sixteen personalities two of whom were male, and is known for being the most famous psychiatric patient in history.
There have been reports that suggest the "Sybil" story is bogus and the whole multiple personality disorder was a disorder concocted by psychiatric doctor, Cornelia Wilbur. Shirley Mason is a woman that grew up in Minnesota as an only child. According to people who knew Mason's family in Dodge Center, Shirley's mother controlled her with strict discipline, abuse and bizarre behavior. Shirley's grandmother and father were known to be kind to her, but unable to do anything about her mother's abuse.......
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