Learning on ScreenMistaken Identity
- Synopsis
- Examines the psychiatric condition known as multiple personality disorder (MPD) through stories of diagnosed patients and interviews with friends of Sybil Dorsett, the subject of the film ‘Sybil’ (USA, 1976), that tells the allegedly true story of a woman whose childhood was so harrowing that she developed at least 16 different personalities. Serious doubts about the condition are being raised within the psychiatric community.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1999
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 11/11/99.
- Subjects
- Psychiatry
- Keywords
- multiple personality disorder
Credits
- Producer
- Nikki Stockley
- Contributor
- Bettina Lerner
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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