Article about new book on "Sybil" case

[cara susanna]

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Found this on the Psychiatry forum and wanted to see what others thought:

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141514464/real-sybil-admits-multiple-personalities-were-fake

You can read an excerpt from this new book as well, which I am seriously considering buying.

Anyway, what are your reactions? Do you think that debunking Sybil's case has larger implications for the validity of DID as a diagnosis?

 

[wigflip]

Thanks for posting. Sounds like it's worth a read.

 

[ddsooner]

I'm intrigued. I'm also curious about others' thoughts especially because many people refer back to the case of Sybil with regard to DID...

 

[AlaskanJustin]

I'm intrigued. I'm also curious about others' thoughts especially because many people refer back to the case of Sybil with regard to DID...

I recently had a discussion about doing a study of the resting state function of a person "diagnosed" with DID. I think ultimately IF something like DID were to exist, you would have to show it on the neural level. For instance, one would suspect there to be significant medial temporal lobe involvement. Anyways, I don't know if anyone really can speak to this aside from conjecture and opinion because of its rarity and unavailability to study.

 

[Duck Duck Goose]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/magazine/a-girl-not-named-sybil.html?pagewanted=1&src=recg

That's a link to an article in the NY Times about the same book (I'm assuming) from a few weeks ago.

 

[cara susanna]

Wow, that is REALLY interesting. I've read the novel so many times that I knew exactly what the article was referring to, and the "debunk" author's explanation makes more sense now that I think about it. Sounds like Dr. Wilbur was a sketchy, sketchy therapist with really bad boundaries.

 

[futureapppsy2]

Wow, that is REALLY interesting. I've read the novel so many times that I knew exactly what the article was referring to, and the "debunk" author's explanation makes more sense now that I think about it. Sounds like Dr. Wilbur was a sketchy, sketchy therapist with really bad boundaries.

MTE. I read this on facebook and thought "man, that therapist committed some really, really major ethical violations!"

 

[cara susanna]

I wish I could find a therapist to pay for my schooling and apartment. 😉 Okay, I am funded, but textbooks and student fees are expensive!

 

[aequitasveritas]

I have been in intensive treatment with a D.I.D. patient for over 2 yrs now. I keep careful process notes each session and I plan to write a review at some point.

 

[PhDToBe]

DID can be studied. My first research experience was working on an international project on DID. Due to its controversy, there are few (none?) researchers at R1 universities, but the woman I worked with did this research at a state school with a Masters program.

 

[nitemagi]

Most of the research on DID is written by a few "researchers" and published in 1 journal. Coincidentally the journal is edited by these same individuals.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Most of the research on DID is written by a few "researchers" and published in 1 journal. Coincidentally the journal is edited by these same individuals.

I noticed this, in part, as well during my very brief foray into DID. I know of one student in my program who saw a "DID" client, although I had my doubts as to whether this person wasn't simply Axis II (B) with particularly poor coping skills and stress intolerance.

It's definitely an interesting disorder and concept, though, to be sure.