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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