My best friend was dissociative.
Everything about this episode was spot on, The language was a little bit different between then and modern medicine now, but this is exactly how it is.
Maybe this is related to "the three faces of Eve", but here, we only have 2 personalities. We have to remember in the 50s people did not believe in this disorder and it took a long time for medicine to start acknowledging that it exists.
In my friends case, there were dozens, hundreds of personalities.
What was very accurate was that one of the personalities became aware of the other. That is pretty much how this syndrome is dealt with, making each of the personalities aware of each other, and then they can cooperate.
Although in the case of Joyce Martell, she was more interested in playing tricks on her doppelgänger.
I too wanted to know more about that woman's fate after the resolution of murder.
The doctor that was depicted treating the woman had his medical language pretty much exact, including his definition of what dissociative disorder actually means.
And Perry Mason was very considerate when they needed to get the personality to appear.
We are shown a form of hypnosis, this was pretty much how therapists have treated this disease, until the onset of managed care.
My friend used to be admitted to the hospital into a private room, where her therapist along with a medical doctor, would use hypnotism, accompanied by sedatives to get the treatment started.
This is pretty much how the doctor in this episode gets Joyce Martell to appear, sans the hypnotic medication.
I have literally seen my friend reacting to allergies and then not reacting after changing.
This is a good episode to show people who have recently been diagnosed with dissociative disorder...
Another good movie to watch would be the film "identity" with John Cusack.
I am surprised I have never reviewed this episode and to think this is during Perry Mason's first season... I am not sure if this is one of the ones written by Earle Stanley Gardner. But whether it is or not, this episode is swell. It has a good blend of mystery and discovery.
Everything about this episode was spot on, The language was a little bit different between then and modern medicine now, but this is exactly how it is.
Maybe this is related to "the three faces of Eve", but here, we only have 2 personalities. We have to remember in the 50s people did not believe in this disorder and it took a long time for medicine to start acknowledging that it exists.
In my friends case, there were dozens, hundreds of personalities.
What was very accurate was that one of the personalities became aware of the other. That is pretty much how this syndrome is dealt with, making each of the personalities aware of each other, and then they can cooperate.
Although in the case of Joyce Martell, she was more interested in playing tricks on her doppelgänger.
I too wanted to know more about that woman's fate after the resolution of murder.
The doctor that was depicted treating the woman had his medical language pretty much exact, including his definition of what dissociative disorder actually means.
And Perry Mason was very considerate when they needed to get the personality to appear.
We are shown a form of hypnosis, this was pretty much how therapists have treated this disease, until the onset of managed care.
My friend used to be admitted to the hospital into a private room, where her therapist along with a medical doctor, would use hypnotism, accompanied by sedatives to get the treatment started.
This is pretty much how the doctor in this episode gets Joyce Martell to appear, sans the hypnotic medication.
I have literally seen my friend reacting to allergies and then not reacting after changing.
This is a good episode to show people who have recently been diagnosed with dissociative disorder...
Another good movie to watch would be the film "identity" with John Cusack.
I am surprised I have never reviewed this episode and to think this is during Perry Mason's first season... I am not sure if this is one of the ones written by Earle Stanley Gardner. But whether it is or not, this episode is swell. It has a good blend of mystery and discovery.