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Oct. 21, 2011
Exploring Multiple Personalities In ‘Sybil Exposed’
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| In a new book writer Debbie Nathan digs into archived material documenting the experiences of a patient known as "Sybil," who reportedly suffered from multiple personality disorder. Ira Flatow and guests discuss MPD, and its modern equivalent--dissociative identity disorder. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
Guests
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Debbie Nathan
Author: "Sybil Exposed: The extraordinary Story Behind The Famous Multiple Personality Case" (Free Press, 2011)
New York, New York -
Paul McHugh
University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland -
Bethany Brand
Professor of Psychology
Towson University
Towson, Maryland
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Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case
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