A very relevant issue is an article in the NYT's about the book, Sybil Exposed, about the research revealing how totally inaccurate diagnosis of Sybil as having multiple personality was as well as the extremely unethical means used by her therapist to produce a great but totally false case study. Basically the diagnosis was of the therapist's making. The article in the NYT's about this book, Sybil Exposed, is terrific as is the book itself.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/magazine/a-girl-not-named-sybil.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Just this summer I had a student tell me she wrote an entire paper about Sybil, believing it was fact not fiction. And the paper was for a high school psychology class. Concerning to me. Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu > BTW, dissociative fugue has been axed (as a independent condition) from > DSM-5, perhaps in part because of serious doubts regarding the authenicity > of claims, such as those in this recent (rather suspicious) case. The > more things change.... > > ...Scott > > > ________________________________________ > From: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:33 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] dissociative fugue? > > What I have always thought was true of dissociative fugue can be found > here: > http://psychcentral.com/disorders/dissociative-fugue-symptoms/ > > As I understand it (I am not a clinician but pretend to be one for one > week each semester that I teach intro psych), the disorder is > characterized by a retrograde autobiographical memory, the taking on of a > new identity, and often involves travel away from one's home; the person > may become distressed over the inability to remember his or her past, etc. > What I have always known about it is well-described in the link, above. > > Sooooo, when I read about the latest case to make the news, Michael > Boatwright, 61, who is calling himself Johan Ek, and speaks only Swedish > and cannot remember his life in Sweden, China or Florida, well, I thought > dissociative. But EVERY SINGLE website were I have read about it calls it > transient global amnesia. > > Well, as I understand it, and, my understanding is well-described here: > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600033/ > and here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_Global_Amnesia would suggest a very > different picture. The patient tends to have truly temporary symptoms of > primarily anterograde amnesia with preservation of a "self" concept. > > Furthermore, there is the part where he only speaks Swedish now. We have > discussed on tips, several years ago, the disorder where patients suddenly > only speak a different language than their normal and usual language. > Seems as if he has a combination disorder going on. This is all > complicated by the sister who says he has been having these periods of > disappearance repeatedly throughout his lifetime. Sounds like he would > make a great case study. > > So now, I am wondering is this another case of the media sadly misleading > the public into massive misconception? What would be the name for a > disorder that afflicts a large number of people into believing something > that is incorrect? Is this a media created mass delusion? > > Has anyone else had thoughts on this or noticed this? > > Welcome freshmen to intro to psych this fall :) > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > tay...@sandiego.edu > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: slil...@emory.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=26506 > or send a blank email to > leave-26506-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact > the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > original message (including attachments). > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: jwarm...@oakton.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=26512 > or send a blank email to > leave-26512-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26535 or send a blank email to leave-26535-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
