Sybil: Movie Analysis [Multiple Personality Disorder]
A. DSM IV CRITERIA DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative identity disorder. Presence of two or more identities or personalities that take control of the person’s behavior; loss of memory for important personal information.
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER INFLICTED WITH THE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER Sybil Dorsett, the character in the movie inflicted with the psychiatric disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), is a very simple woman who due to her love for painting teaches in an art school. Since she does not have any siblings, her father is the only relative she has since her mother died. She lives in a small New York apartment on her own wherein she would never have any visitors. She is kind of aloof with other people thus not having any close or intimate relationships. As she gets older, peculiar things happen to her like she would have what they call as “black-outs” or it seems that she lost track of time, or wake up somewhere or did something that she could not even remember. During this “black-outs”, other facets of herself would go out and take over her that is why she does not have any memory of what happened. Moreover, as I watched the movie, I have noticed that she could not concentrate and is irritable. She is someone who is not really fond of talking about her childhood and is very self-controlling and self-protective.
C. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AS DEPICTED IN THE MOVIE, INCLUSIVE OF THE SCENES 1. Changing levels of functioning.
It is depicted in these scenes that Sybil can no longer perform her responsibilities and job properly. Her mental illness is already intervening in her daily life, slowly taking away her normal life. She can no longer function accordingly. Moreover, she cannot maintain any relationships anymore, even Richardson left her after knowing her real state.
It is depicted in these scenes that Sybil can no longer perform her responsibilities and job properly. Her mental illness is already intervening in
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER INFLICTED WITH THE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER Sybil Dorsett, the character in the movie inflicted with the psychiatric disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), is a very simple woman who due to her love for painting teaches in an art school. Since she does not have any siblings, her father is the only relative she has since her mother died. She lives in a small New York apartment on her own wherein she would never have any visitors. She is kind of aloof with other people thus not having any close or intimate relationships. As she gets older, peculiar things happen to her like she would have what they call as “black-outs” or it seems that she lost track of time, or wake up somewhere or did something that she could not even remember. During this “black-outs”, other facets of herself would go out and take over her that is why she does not have any memory of what happened. Moreover, as I watched the movie, I have noticed that she could not concentrate and is irritable. She is someone who is not really fond of talking about her childhood and is very self-controlling and self-protective.
C. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AS DEPICTED IN THE MOVIE, INCLUSIVE OF THE SCENES 1. Changing levels of functioning.
It is depicted in these scenes that Sybil can no longer perform her responsibilities and job properly. Her mental illness is already intervening in her daily life, slowly taking away her normal life. She can no longer function accordingly. Moreover, she cannot maintain any relationships anymore, even Richardson left her after knowing her real state.
It is depicted in these scenes that Sybil can no longer perform her responsibilities and job properly. Her mental illness is already intervening in