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 ...

Three decades after publication of the blockbuster "Sybil," Debbie Nathan began her research into the world's most celebrated case of multiple personality disorder. Nathan started her work at the John ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In 2015, doctors in Germany reported the ...