Authors: Debbie Nathan

Sybil Exposed (50 page)

authentic mental health issues of,
9
,
11
,
12
,
14
,
59
,
105
,
165
–66,
220

death of,
76

as depicted in
Sybil,
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,
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,
169
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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enemas allegedly administered by,
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,
11
,
103
,
109
,
110
,
157
,
164
,
166
,
169
,
175
,
182

overprotectiveness of,
13
,
59
,
199

physical health issues of,
8
–9,
61
–62,
76
,
166
,
220

“recovered memories” of abuse at hands of,
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,
xii
–xiii,
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,
108
–11,
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,
136
,
155
,
157
–58,
162
,
184
–85

schizophrenia falsely characterized in,
xiv
,
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,
107
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108
,
109
,
136
,
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,
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,
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,
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Shirley’s conflicted feelings for,
14
,
19
,
55
,
59
,
61
,
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,
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,
164
,
196
–97

unsupported evidence in abuse allegations against,
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,
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,
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–64,
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,
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,
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Wilbur’s demonization of,
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,
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,
95
,
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,
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,
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–7,
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,
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,
133
,
158
,
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Mason, Neill (grandfather),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Mason, Shirley Ardell,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n

age regression therapy of,
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,
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“alter” personalities exhibited by,
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,
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,
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–91,
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–94,
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–97,
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–3,
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–10,
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,
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,
155
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157
,
158
–60,
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,
169
–70,
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,
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,
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,
199

anemia diagnosis of,
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,
19
,
54
,
59
,
87
,
219
–21,
236

anxiety of,
16
–18,
54
,
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,
60
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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artistic endeavors of,
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,
3
,
6
,
16
,
19
,
54
–56,
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,
61
,
76
–77,
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,
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,
123
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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art therapist jobs of,
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,
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,
88
,
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–28,
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–30,
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,
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,
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,
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authentic physical and mental issues of,
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–19,
20
,
54
,
59
,
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,
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,
63
,
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,
78
–79,
87
,
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,
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,
123
,
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,
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,
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in book project collaboration,
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–xxi,
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,
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,
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,
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–51,
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–56,
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,
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–60,
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–71,
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,
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cancer suffered by,
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,
231
–32

childhood and adolescence of,
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–4,
6
–7,
9
–19,
54
–55,
59
,
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,
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–95,
107
,
133
,
135
–36,
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,
161
,
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,
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,
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close friendships of,
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,
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,
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,
57
–59,
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,
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,
76
,
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,
96
,
105
,
111
,
128
,
133
,
135
–36,
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,
162
,
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–91,
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,
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“curing” of,
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,
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–46

death of,
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depression suffered by,
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,
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,
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,
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devotion to Wilbur,
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–65,
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–38,
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diaries kept by,
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–101,
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,
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,
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–68,
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n

doll collection of,
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,
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,
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,
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drug addiction of,
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–4,
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,
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,
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,
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enemas allegedly given to,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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factual discrepancies in claims made by,
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–58,
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–64,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–21,
233

family background of,
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–9

fantasy life of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
18
–19,
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,
60
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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financial struggles of,
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–77,
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–23,
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–29,
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,
230
–31

Flores’s medical treatment of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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“fugue” states of,
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–90,
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–93,
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,
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,
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–60,
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–69,
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,
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hysteria diagnosed in,
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–61,
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,
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,
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,
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loneliness of,
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,
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,
88
,
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,
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at Mankato State Teachers College,
55
–60,
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,
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–77,
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,
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Mario’s relationship with,
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–40,
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,
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MPD diagnosed in,
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physical appearance of,
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,
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–96,
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physical health issues of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–79,
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–21,
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post-
Sybil
distancing from friends by,
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–91,
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prescription drugs taken by,
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–89,
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Price’s notes and observations of,
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–97,
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protecting anonymity of,
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–91,
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–94,
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–201,
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,
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psychiatric treatment of,
see
Wilbur-Mason therapy sessions

psychiatry career of,
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–59,
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,
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,
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,
88
,
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,
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,
105
,
127
,
133
,
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,
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reclusiveness of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
236

schooling of,
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12
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13
,
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,
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–57,
61
,
62
,
75
,
76
–77,
78
–79,
87
,
88
,
89
,
96
,
98
,
99
,
100
,
110
,
122
,
127
,
137
,
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,
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,
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,
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Schreiber’s investigation into childhood of,
160
–64

Seventh-Day Adventism of,
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–4,
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–8,
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–11,
12
–13,
14
,
15
–16,
19
,
54
,
55
,
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,
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59
,
60
,
75
–76,
93
,
102
,
103
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105
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111
,
126
–27,
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133
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135
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