When Sybil first came out in 1973, not only did it shoot to the top of the best-seller lists — it manufactured a psychiatric phenomenon. The book was billed as the true story of a woman who suffered ...

From a disturbed Dominican nun during the Renaissance to the controversial book Sybil and beyond, the existence of ...

Herschel Walker details his life with multiple personalities in new book. Jan. 21, 2008 — -- NFL superstar Herschel Walker has long suffered from multiple personality disorder, the Heisman Trophy ...

K N O X V I L L E, Tenn., May 1 -- — Police heard the confession on tape: A man said he raped and strangled a woman. After that, "I throwed her down and left her lying there," said the loud and angry ...

Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

Sadie sits on the therapist's couch, ­whimpering. She's somewhere between two and three years old, and already the most horrible things have happened to her. That finger twisting through her hair is a ...

Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One of them told of childhood abuse. By Richard Sandomir Robert B. Oxnam, an ...

Despite “ruthlessly rational and analytic decision making, this wonderfully well-oiled machine comes off the blocks fast, but does not necessarily know where it is going.” So says consultant Richard ...