Widespread dissociation Shirley Mason was a psychiatric patient diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Her life formed the basis of the bestselling book, Sybil (Schreiber, 1973), and of two -movies. Some argue that the book and movies’ popularity fueled the dramatic rise in diagnoses of DID. Skeptics wonder whether she actually had DID (Nathan, 2011).
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