Tag: sybil
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Focus On: Psychological Novels
Though I’ve featured novels with psychiatric/mental illness themes before I have never dedicated an entire post to them. The human psyche is so interesting because of how fragile it truly is. Below are a selection of my favorite novels and memoirs about mental illness and those who treat it. Dreaming for Freud by Sheila Kohler A…
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Book Review: Sybil Exposed
Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case by Debbie Nathan It’s no secret that I love psychology — pop or otherwise. After Professor Levine‘s abnormal psychology class I began to thing more critically about the books I had once love (Girl, Interrupted, Prozac Nation). Chief among the offenders was Sybil. A classic…