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Corbett H. Thigpen

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93:). They had previously published a research article on their patient "Eve" in 1954, documenting the psychiatric sessions and how they came to view it as a case of multiple personality. Such a diagnosis had fallen into relative disuse in psychiatry, but Thigpen and Cleckley felt they had identified a rare case. Others have questioned the use of hypnosis and suggestion in creating some if not all of the characterization. 146:
During the mid-1960s, Thigpen stated his opposition to the policy direction of the Vietnam War, believing that it was not being fought to win, and vehemently disagreed with increasing the role of government in citizens' lives, particularly in the medical field, a trend he predicted would result in a
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Sizemore's own published book on her life. When Sizemore returned to Augusta for a speaking tour in 1982 neither Thigpen or Cleckley attended and she did not visit them, though in 2008 she described the diagnosis and treatment of her as courageous. In 1994 Thigpen and Cleckley published a brief
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decrease in the general quality of healthcare. To express these ideas, Thigpen wrote the speech "A Psychiatrist Looks At His Nation" and presented it throughout Georgia and South Carolina. In 1968 he was awarded the Freedom Foundation's George Washington Medal.
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which sold 2 million copies and $ 5000 for the visual rights, while relatives received $ 2000. She fought unsuccessfully to stop the publication of videos of her treatment sessions, but in 1989 she successfully sued the film studio
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Thigpen C. H. and Cleckley, H. M.: A Modern Properly Administered Electroconvulsive Treatment, 1979. (Presented at the APA Convention, San Francisco, CA, May, 1980.
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Thigpen, C. H. and Cleckley, H. M.: A Case Study of Multiple Personality, 1954, Pennsylvania State University, Psychological Cinema Registry, University Park, PA.
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when it wanted to make a parody remake of its film and tried to use a 1956 contract she had signed, without legal representation via Thigpen, to prevent
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Thigpen, F. B., Thigpen, C. H., and Cleckley, H. M., The Use of Electric-Convulsive Therapy in Morphine, Meperidine and Related Alkaloid Additions,
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communication in an international hypnosis journal cautioning against over-use of the diagnosis of Multiple Personality Disorder.
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that "Thigpen, my medical associate of many years, has played a major part in the development and the revision of this work".
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and received writing credits on the film. At the authors' behest, the film followed the actual patient's life and treatment.
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Thigpen, C. H. and Moss, B. F., Jr., "Unusual Paranoid Manifestations in a Case of Psychomotor Epilepsy and Narcolepsy,"
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Original entry by Susan D. Morris, University of Georgia Libraries, 08/03/2007, Last edited by NGE Staff on 03/14/2013
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Thigpen, Corbett H. (1984). "On the incidence of multiple personality disorder: A brief communication".
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In the book and film, Eve is cured of her alternate personalities, but the real life person,
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Thigpen, C. H. and Cleckley, H. M., "Freudian Psychodynamics--Science or Mirage?"
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15 YEARS AFTER RECOVERY, `EVE' ENJOYS THE BEST OF HER 22 PERSONALITIES
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Thigpen, C. H. and Cleckley, H. M., "A Case of Multiple Personality,"
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Thigpen then entered into the private practice of psychiatry with Dr.
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Dale White, Wilmington Morning Star, July 10, 1989, Page 1D and 3D
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for her role. Thigpen and Cleckley served as advisors to Director
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OCR Psychology: AS Core Studies and Psychological Investigations
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Cleckley, H. M. and Thigpen, C. H.: "The Dynamics of Illusion,"
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Thigpen continued his practice of psychiatry until 1987, when
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International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
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By Ellen Futterman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 6 1989
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In 1957, with Cleckley, Thigpen co-authored the book
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The Three Faces of Eve
North Georgia College
Mercer University
Medical College of Georgia (MCG)
Hervey M. Cleckley
coma therapy
electroshock therapy
deep sleep therapy
lobotomy
The Mask of Sanity
dissociative identity disorder
The Three Faces of Eve
Joanne Woodward
Academy Award for Best Actress
Nunnally Johnson
Chris Costner Sizemore
McGraw-Hill
20th Century Fox
Sissy Spacek
optioning
vertigo
Thigpen, Corbett H.
Cleckley, Hervey M.
New York City
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN
978-0911238518
Hervey Cleckley and Corbett Thigpen, Augusta Chronicle, Web posted January 1, 2000
A case of multiple personality
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