Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder (Hardcover)

by Richard P. Kluft (Author), Catherine G., Ph.D. Fine (Editor) "About 12 years ago, at a psychiatric meeting in Texas, a woman with orange-blonde hair, big blue eyes, and long eyelashes came up to me..." (more)
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"In addition to providing a solid center, the volume reflects the field's increasing depth and breadth. The book is highly readable, cover to cover."- "Bulletin of the Menniger Clinic, Jon G. Allen, Ph.D., Senior Staff Psychologist, Trauma Recovery Program, The Menninger Clinic"

Product Description
Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. Text of current therapeutic issues in multiple personality disorder, for clinical psychiatrists. Part 1 is a festschrift to Cornelia B. Wilbur, psychiatrist portrayed in the book and movie entitled Sybil. 22 U.S. contributors.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 398 pages
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.; 1 edition (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880483652
• ISBN-13: 978-0880483650
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for health providers and caregivers, May 26, 2001

By	MotherLodeBeth "MotherLodeBeth" (Sierras of California) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

Excellenct source of information on the basic principles in conducting the psychotherapy of MPD/DID and the tranference and countertransference in the overall treatment of MPD/DID. For both health providers and caregivers.

Issues of Multiple Posttraumatic and the clinical approaches to the Intergration of Personalities is really informative and helpful.

Tactical integrationist of and the treatment of DID/MPD and the aids to the treatment of on a General Psyciatric Unit are a must read for providers and caregivers alike.

Section 3 deals with the issue of Dissociation within the Inner city, Deinstitutionlization of patients with chronic MPD/DID and the use of Amtyal interviews in the treatment of the exceptionally complex caes of MPD/DID. The role of transional objects and phenomena in patients with MPD/DID, Play therapy with minors with MPD/DID, and Ego state therapy with patients and the use of sand trays in the beginning stages of treatment.

The last section is about MPD/DID consulation in Public Psychiatric care, Eating disorders in survivors of Multimodal childhood abuse, be it physical or mental/emotional. Eating disorders in the MPD/DID patient and finally an overall history of MPD/DID and how the treatment has evolved and matured.