Sybil Exposed (52 page)

homosexuality as viewed in,
105
,
119
–22,
133
–34

hypnosis in,
see
hypnosis

neo-Freudian approach in,
81
–83
see also
psychotherapy

psychotherapy,
xix
,
xx
,
xxi
,
86
,
126
,
178
,
217
,
237

barbiturates used in,
47
–49,
50
–52,
53
,
63
,
80
,
88
,
89
,
219

“clinical tales” in,
118

false memory epidemic in,
222
,
223
–25;
see also
false memories

primal therapy in,
178

of Shirley Mason,
see
Wilbur-Mason therapy sessions

shock treatments in,
44
–50,
80
,
209

Sybil
’s influence on,
xv
,
xvii
,
xxi
,
202
,
218
–19,
224
,
228
see also
mental hospitals;

psychoanalysis;
specific mental conditions

radio,
67
–69,
70
,
71
,
144
,
256
n

Raphael, Sally Jesse,
222

Regnery,
171
,
172
–73,
192
,
193

Reiser, Leonard,
149
–50

Richette, Lisa,
156
–57

Riggs, Rosa K.,
211
–12

Rio Grande Community College,
149
,
191
,
193
–94

ritual abuse,
40
,
50
,
216
–18,
223
,
225
,
226
,
235

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
32
,
34

Rudikoff, Sonya,
177

Sakel, Manfred,
45

schizophrenia,
31
,
37
,
45
,
47
,
48
,
77
,
82
,
84
,
117
,
118
,
119
,
127
,
128
,
148
,
157
,
184
,
209
,
211

Mattie Mason falsely characterized with,
95
,
107
,
108
,
109
,
136
,
158
,
162
,
166
,
170

Schreiber, Esther Aronson,
28
,
29
,
30
,
32
–33,
34
,
138
,
144
–45

Schreiber, Flora Rheta,
xv
,
xix
,
28
,
67
,
119
,
134
,
139
,
140
–41,
146
,
155
,
157
,
176
,
180
,
181
,
197
,
233
,
236

affected conversational style of,
32
,
34
,
150
,
175

archived papers of,
xi
–xiii,
xviii
–xix,
xxi
,
118
,
207
–8,
228
,
233

as budding writer,
28
,
30
,
31
–32,
33
,
34
,
69
,
72

celebrity mongering of,
112
–13,
116
–17,
145
,
150

childhood and adolescence of,
28
,
29
–32

death of,
207
–8

Dodge Center researching trip of,
160
–64,
189
,
199
,
200

family background of,
28
–29

fan mail received by,
176
–80

fictionalized accounts in journalism of,
117
,
118
,
120
–22,
168

freelance magazine writing of,
72
,
112
–14,
115
,
116
–18,
120
–22,
168

Joe Kallinger’s inappropriate relationship with,
204
–5,
207

lawsuits and legal troubles of,
192
,
193
,
194
,
206
,
208

Mason’s anonymity and,
151
,
186
,
189
,
192
,
200
–202

Mason’s growing dependence on,
137
,
138

mental health writing of,
117
–18,
120
–22,
137
,
150
,
158
,
204
–7

parents’ deaths and,
114
–15,
144
–45

physical appearance of,
32
,
71
,
119
,
174
–75

post-
Sybil
financial difficulties of,
xxi
,
206

post-
Sybil
projects of,
203
–7

in radio and advertising industry,
68
–69,
70
,
72
,
144
,
256
n

romantic relationships of,
70
–72,
114
,
149
–50,
202

schooling of,
32
–34,
75

sexual abuse of,
30
,
31

Sybil
media promotion by,
173
,
174
–75,
193
,
201
,
202

teaching career of,
69
–70,
71
,
72
,
115
,
122
,
149
,
208

Wilbur’s first collaboration with,
120
–22

Wilbur’s strained relationship with,
175
,
202
,
207

Schreiber, Ignatz,
28

Schreiber, William,
28
–30,
32
,
33
,
34
,
114
–15,
207

Schwartz, Julia,
57
,
78

Schwiderski, Kathryn,
225
,
226

Seconal,
88
,
99
,
104

Serpatilin,
99

Seventh-Day Adventism,
3
–8,
9
–11,
12
–13,
14
,
15
–16,
23
,
54
,
58
,
59
,
60
,
61
,
64
,
65
,
66
,
75
–76,
77
,
78
,
79
,
93
,
102
,
103
,
111
,
135
,
139
,
163
,
190
,
198

education in,
9
,
12
,
15
,
55

sex roles in,
55
,
57

Shirley Mason’s attempt to convert Wilbur to,
126
–27

Shirley Mason’s devotion to,
3
,
13
,
15
,
19
,
58
,
75
–76,
105
,
126
–27,
129
,
133
,
134
,
164
,
231

sexism,
xix
,
20
,
22
,
24
–25,
37
,
69

sexual abuse,
40
,
105

of Flora Schreiber,
30
,
31

Mason’s “recovered memories” of,
xii
,
94
,
103
,
107
,
110
,
132
–33,
157
–58

MPD’s assumed link to,
40
,
211
,
218

MPD treatment and uncovered “memories” of,
211
,
213
,
216
,
217
,
222
,
223
–25,
226
,
235

panic epidemics of,
xvii
–xviii,
217
,
223
,
226

“primal scenes” of,
132
,
157
,
169
,
171
,
172

rise in public consciousness of,
156
–57

Satanic and ritualistic “memories” of,
40
,
50
,
216
–18,
223
,
225
,
226
,
235

in
Sybil,
xiv
,
157
,
158
,
169
,
173
,
175
,
179

Shainess, Natalie,
131

Shoemaker, The: Anatomy of a Psychotic
(Schreiber),
203
–6,
208

Silverberg, William V.,
82
–83,
98

Sizemore, Chris,
230

Smith, Michelle,
216

Sorenson, Grace,
14
,
161
–62

Spiegel, Herbert,
xvii
,
130
–32,
134
,
228

State Psychopathic Institute,
41
,
43
,
210

Steele, Kathy,
235

Steinem, Gloria,
223

Stern, Stewart,
181
–85,
186

suicide,
72
,
100
,
104
,
120
,
131
,
134
,
184
,
210

Surgeon’s World, A
(Thorek),
167
–68

Swales, Peter,
228
–29,
232
,
233

Sybil
(Schreiber),
xiii
-xiv,
145
,
146
,
151
,
155
–56,
168
–73,
184
,
189
,
191
,
196
,
203
,
204
,
230
,
233
–34

abuse scenes in,
xiv
,
169
,
173
,
175
,
182

as appealing to women,
xviii
–xix,
177
–78,
179

archived materials of,
xi
–xiii,
xviii
–xix,
xxi
,
118
,
207
–8,
228
,
233

childhood abuse as central theme in,
157
,
158
,
169
,
178
–79

critical response to,
175
–76

exposed factual discrepancies in,
194
,
199

as feminist metaphor,
xix
–xx,
177
–78,
179
,
233

fictionalizations in,
xx
,
xxi
,
146
,
168
,
169
–72,
190
,
191
–92,
194

first draft chapters of,
146
,
168
–72,
190

fishing for publishers for,
142
,
146
,
149
,
151
,
171
,
175

“fleshing out” of alters’ personalities in,
xiii
–xiv,
142
–43,
146
,
155
,
170

“fugue” episodes in,
xiii
,
xiv
,
158
–59,
168
–69,
182
,
192
,
194
,
199