The postunification treatment of multiple personality disorder: first findings
Kluft, R.P.
American Journal of PsychoTherapy 42(2): 212-228
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9564 PMID: 3400783 Document Number: 314541
The treatment issues encounterd in the unified multiple personality disorder (MPD) patient have received little attention in the literature to date. This study reviews the therapy records of 91 such patients and identifieds seven recurrent areas of concern: (1) coping with the psychophysiologic changes associated with unification, (2) coping with the psychologic changes associated with unification, (3) working through, (4) abandoning autohypnotic evasions, (5) modifying adaptive and coping mechanisms, (6) interpersonal adjustments, (7) and major life changes. Some therapeutic approaches are indicated.