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West Virginia move and,
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–46

Wilbur’s aiding in career ambitions of,
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–28,
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Wilbur’s financial assistance to,
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,
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Wilbur’s improper relationship with,
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–26,
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–95,
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Wilbur’s visit to Dodge Center with,
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–37,
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Mason, Walter,
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–9,
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–14,
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death of,
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as depicted in
Sybil,
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,
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,
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“recovered memories” of abuse at hands of,
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,
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,
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Wilbur’s meetings with,
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,
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–5,
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masturbation,
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Maxwell, Maureen,
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Mayflower Shop,
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–93,
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Mayo Clinic,
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–9,
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–61,
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–66

Meduna, Ladislas von,
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mental hospitals,
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barbiturates used in,
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“hopeful wards” of,
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lobotomies performed at,
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MPD wards in,
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–19,
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Schreiber’s articles on,
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–18

shock therapy used in,
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–50,
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substandard conditions at,
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–47,
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–39,
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see also specific hospitals

Metrazol convulsive therapy,
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–46,
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–49

Michigan, University of,
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Psychopathic Hospital at,
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military medicine,
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–51,
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,
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Miller, William,
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–5

Michelle Remembers
(Pazder and Smith),
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Mondale, Walter,
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,
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Morris, Dick,
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–16

Morris, Terry,
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–17

Morrow, Dianne,
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–97

Morrow, Jan,
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–96,
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Moulton, Robert,
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–36

Mulhern, Sherrill,
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multiple personality disorder (MPD),
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childhood trauma’s assumed link to,
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as depicted in
Sybil,
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–xiv,
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–70,
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,
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die-hard believers in,
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–28,
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–35

DSM-IV’s new name for,
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–26,
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DSM’s official recognition of,
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,
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epidemic rise of,
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–xvi,
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–19,
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–23,
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“Eve” case study in,
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–86,
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–92,
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as feminist metaphor,
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–86,
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–78,
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,
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hypnosis in treatment of,
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hysteria patients and,
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“integrating” of personalities in curing of,
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ISSMP&D conferences on,
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–17,
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“Jonah” case study in,
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lawsuits for misdiagnosing of,
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,
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–25,
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Lexington’s high-rate diagnosing of,
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–48,
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,
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–11,
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medical community’s marginalization of,
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–27,
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,
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“memories” of abuse uncovered in treatment of,
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–xvi,
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–18,
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–25,
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Open Hospital treatment center for,
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–12,
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popular media depictions of,
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prevalence among women of,
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skepticism over,
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–76,
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–27,
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specialized wards for,
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–19,
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Wilbur’s zealous treating and promoting of,
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narcosynthesis,
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potential for false memories in,
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in Wilbur-Mason therapy sessions,
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–11,
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see also
Pentothal

National Art Education Association,
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neo-Freudians,
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–83

neurosis,
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New York Public Library,
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–8

New York Review of Books,
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–76,
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New York Times,
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Nixon, Hannah,
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Nixon, Richard,
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–13,
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Norris, Monty,
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–200,
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Odden, Luella,
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–91

Odden, Muriel,
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–91

O’Neill, Eugene, Jr. “Gene,”
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–72,
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O’Neill, Eugene, Sr.,
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Open Hospital,
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–12,
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paranoid schizophrenia,
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Paris, Joe and Marguerite,
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–93

Pazder, Lawrence,
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Pentothal,
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false memories and,
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Mason’s addiction to,
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–4,
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as “truth serum,”
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in Wilbur-Mason therapy sessions,
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pernicious anemia,
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–21,
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Peterson, Judith,
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phenobarbital,
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Plotnick, Harvey,
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–73

Pontiac asylum,
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–49

Price, Willie,
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as depicted in
Sybil,
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–92

“primal scenes,”
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primal therapy,
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Prince, Morton,
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Prose by Professionals
(Morris, ed.),
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psychoanalysis,
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–xx,
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–83,
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birth of,
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–41

child trauma assumed as root cause of mental illness in,
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–83,
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–92,
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