Corbett H. Thigpen
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Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen (died March 19, 1999 was an American psychiatrist.
Thigpen earned his M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1945 and became a clinical professor of psychiatry at that same medical college. Thigpen retired in 1987.
In 1956, Thigpen co-authored The Three Faces of Eve with Hervey M. Cleckley, the book serving as the basis for the 1957 film starring Joanne Woodward about Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD).
[edit] References
- Hervey Cleckley and Corbett Thigpen, Augusta Chronicle, Web posted January 1, 2000
- Introduction to the Cleckley-Thigpen Psychiatric Associates Papers at the University of Georgia Hargrett Manuscript Collection
- Thigpen & Cleckley (1954): A case of multiple personality
- All About Eve, Time Magazine, February 18, 1957
