Sybil (Schreiber book)

Sybil is a 1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about the treatment of Sybil Dorsett (a pseudonym for Shirley Ardell Mason) for dissociative identity disorder (then referred to as multiple personality disorder) by her psychoanalyst, Cornelia B. Wilbur.

This article is about the non-fiction book about Shirley Ardell Mason's treatment for dissociative identity disorder. For the novel by Benjamin Disraeli, see Sybil (novel).
Sybil
Cover of the first edition
AuthorFlora Rheta Schreiber
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHenry Regnery Company
Publication date
1973
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages359
ISBN0-8092-0001-5
OCLC57119767

The book was made into two television movies of the same name, once in 1976 and again in 2007. There have also been books published after the fact, challenging the facts of Sybil's therapy sessions. A few examples of these are SYBIL in her own words, Sybil Exposed, and After Sybil.

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