Abstract

the etiology of multiple suggests that the disorder a child who has the capacitypersonality arises when to disso-(especially those seeming to come from within), and the elicitation of what ties appear under to be various hypnosis personalior amobarbital.the last decadethe diagnosisciate is exposed to overwhelming stimuli that cannot be managed with less drastic defenses and in the abof ‘restorative experiences’ or in the presence of an excess number of double-bind messages. An oversenceThe disorder ifthe patientshould also be suspected has been told by others ofand study of multiple personality disorder has increased markedly Debatechanges in voice or behavior or finds objects or strange handwriting at home, in a car, or at his or her workplace that the patient for. The cannot most recognize successful supporpsyor accountdisorder has long been underdiagnosed and into another view that it is rare or nonexistent and that the increasing number loose diagnostic couragement of cases represents criteria and actual enby cer-as chil-dren. The condition is much more common among females. Different personalities have different could fakingtreatment tends tive, individual,to be intense, psychodynamicof the symptomswithin an individual EEG patterns, and this subjects Signs a cliniper-chotherapy accompanied sis. All of the different have their ization