LiteratureMultiple Personality Disorder The following is a list of books on the subject. It includes accounts/cases of Multiples, Popular Works and Scientific/Text books Bliss, Eugene L. -- Multiple Personality, Allied Disorders, and Hypnosis $45.00, Hardcover, 271 pages, Published by Oxford Univ Press, Publication date: January 1, 1986, ISBN: 0195036581 
$32.95,
Hardcover, 268 pages,
Published by W W Norton & Company,
Publication date: November 1, 1992,
ISBN: 0393701425 This powerful tale takes readers on a harrowing, unforgettable journey into the nightmare of parental abuse and the darkness of mental illness. Written by a woman who endured horrendous abuse from her mother and became a split personality by the age of five, here is the story of her agonizing childhood, the conflicting personalties, and struggle back to sanity. What happens when a child is forced to endure the unendurable? This book tells the story of a childhood of abuse that led Marcia to develop alternate personalities ranging from the promiscuous Emily to a destructive teenaged boy named Joey. As Marcia grew older her behavior became more erratic and dangerous, driving her to seek help
The most compelling account of multiple personality disorder yet, The Flock is the first written by both the patient and her therapist. In emotionally-charged detail, they make us know and feel what it is like to be a multiple with 24 separate selves. More than a "case," The Flock brings to life the ordeal and triumph of a remarkable woman. From Kirkus Reviews , 04/15/91: Casey's thoughtful account of the formation and integration of her 24 separate personalities. Diagnosed in 1981 as a multiple personality by therapist Wilson--whose case notes intersperse Casey's narrative--Casey initially resisted that finding, but slowly acknowledged her many selves. Among them were brilliant scholar Jo, worldly art lover Isis, and people-pleasing party girl Renee, with these relatively enviable personalities coexisting next to others who were childish, frightened, and suicidal--created, as multiples always are, to deal with abuse: in this case, from a raping father and a cold, demanding mother. Reconstructing the origins of the personalities forms the heart of Casey's touching story. As depicted here, the characteristics and motivations of all the personalities are straightforward and affecting, although Casey does not succeed in giving each an individual or even realistic voice. Rusty, a boy personality charged with placating Casey's father, talks like someone cut from an Andy Hardy film, while Renee seems decidedly down-to-earth for a self-described flirt. Of high interest also are Wilson's notes, which will probably appall orthodox psychiatrists as they detail how she broke every treatment rule in the book to heal Casey. Wilson and her husband, for example, always commingle their lives with that of a patient, and became in Casey's instance surrogate parents to all the personalities. The trio's first session together typifies the intimate therapy style: Wilson's husband ambled into the office, shucked off his jacket, and sat on the floor. A compelling psychological odyssey offering unique insights into a nightmare world. (-- Copyright c1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved)
Jean Cline withstood unspeakable abuse at the hands of both her father and her first husband. Although she went on to enjoy a successful and lucrative career, she also suffered from an often paralyzing depression. When Jean went into therapy, she discovered that the lifelong pattern of abuse in her life had caused her personality to fragment into three separate entities. This book documents her search for her true self and her battle with multiple personal
For clinicians, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), or its progenitor Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), is an important but beleaguered syndrome. It is immutably welded to the more general subject of trauma and abuse, and sits in the eye of the media storm. Since 1994 when the controversy surrounding DID culminated in the alteration of its very name and diagnostic criteria, DID (or MPD) has been held up to public and professional scrutiny. Its continued existence in the psychiatric lexicon will depend on the arguments and research that are generated. In the midst of the turmoil, this book offers a thoughtful and occasionally heated forum for skilled clinicians and academicians to grapple with the existence of DID, its prevalence, etiology, treatment modalities, and related controversies. Clinicians concerned and curious about this intense debate will find a thorough discussion of DID, its theoretical ramifications, and the extreme feelings that it evokes. Encounters with people diagnosed with DID invariably transform therapists into enthusiasts or skeptics. This is a book written by both enthusiasts and skeptics, and it will alternatively enrage and delight readers who themselves struggle with the diagnosis and its treatment.
People who have been abused often keep their memories locked in a strongbox of dissociation, hidden even from themselves. This extensively illustrated book shows how these individuals simultaneously express and camouflage dissociated and repressed information in drawings. Readers will become attuned to the complex messages in art and learn to recognize and read the graphic communications that are characteristic of those with dissociative identity disorder. Booknews, Inc. , 10/01/95: Art therapists explain how a patient's drawings can both reveal and camouflage repressed and dissociated information. They summarize the essential ingredients of therapeutic artmaking, introduce their integrative method for comprehending the levels of meaning in pictorial communications, and analyze about 180 drawings, paintings, and collages by more than two dozen adults diagnosed with dissociative identity. (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.)
This book is written for individuals with multiple personalities, and explains what multiplcity is, why it develops, how to understand it, and when and how to seek help. Multiples have too long suffered with nagging worries about being so different that they cannot have friends or companions. This book defines multiplicity as a creative and life-saving adaptive strategy, not as a "disorder" or sign of mental illness.
This book written by a survivor with multiplicity, offers hope, encouragement, and concrete suggestions for understanding and responding to the complex and resourceful internal system of individuals with multiplicity. The book addresses important issues of interest including how you know if you're a multiple, how to find a therapist, and how to work with memories of your childhood abuse. The author encourages self-acceptance and self-esteem, recognizing multiplicity as the great survival strategy it is.
Adult survivors of extreme childhod abuse often struggle with dissociative conditions including multiple personalities or identities. Although the ability to dissociate is life saving and allows individuals to self-protect, it can also interfere in the establishment of intimate relationships. Individuals with multiplicity may lose time, forget important events, or be emotionally unable to cope with certain situations which inadvertantly trigger painful memories. Spouses, partners, friends and family members may feel pressured to do or say the right thing, making tireless efforts to be suportive. And yet without a clear understanding of multiplicity, friends and family may feel under stress or confused. This book provides practical suggestions for understanding and relating to people you love, who have dissociative conditions or multiplicity. Helping professionals will also find thoughtful ideas useful in the therapy process.
The diagnosis of multiple personality disorder (MPD) entered the clinical mainstream with a rapidity and in a manner atypical for new descriptions of psychiatric illness. This book contains the most up-to-date information on MPD available written by experts in this field. The first section is a memorial to Cornelia B. Wilbur, M.D., a pioneer in MPD treatment. It includes personal accounts from people who knew her well. The second section deals with general issues in the treatment of MPD. It discusses basic principles in conducting the psychotherapy of MPD, posttraumatic and dissociative phenomena in transference and countertransference, and treatment of MPD as a posttraumatic condition. The third section goes on to give case studies that illustrate the application of techniques, approaches, and insights that are considered important in the treatment of MPD patients but are difficult to learn because they have not been documented in detail in the literature. Methods discussed include the use of Amytal interviews, play therapy, ego-state therapy, and sand trays. The last section of the book discusses some of the contemporary concerns in the field (including consultation in the public psychiatric sector and the incidence of eating disorders in MPD patients) and the recent history of the study of MPD.
This title is currently not available. Though not officially "out of print," this title is "out of stock indefinitely" at the publisher. The existence and characteristics of multiple personality disorder (MPD) have been debated from the time of the first case reports in the 19th century. The dispute has never been resolved, and MPD has become the most controversial syndrome known to mental health professionals. Currently, very little balanced academic material on this disorder is available, and much of the literature aims to disprove its existence as a psychiatric disorder. In the past, general understanding of MPD was guided largely by this medical literature, but in recent decades the disorder has been widely exposed to both professionals and the public through the mass media. This timely work examines MPD from an empirical viewpoint, describing the research that has been done on the disorder, as well as providing in-depth analysis of how MPD has developed over the years in relation to the media. The book identifies the earliest origins of MPD in published literature and traces the course of its development as a concept to the present. Existing data on MPD are presented in a detailed review of the current state of knowledge of the disorder including clinical description, delineation from other disorders, family history studies, follow-up studies, and laboratory documentation. The authors also point out specific areas of research that is needed before psychiatry can consider MPD an adequately validated diagnosis. This critical approach is designed to provide direction to researchers in the pursuit of a better understanding of MPD and to provide clinicians with a valuable guide.
Accounts of Multiple Personality Disorder have usually been written by mental health professionals as texts or case studies. Now, in Becoming One, Sarah Olson has allowed us the rare privilege of entering her internal world in her first-person account of her journey from fragmentation to wholeness. Two little girls, the author and her sister, were routinely terrorized and assaulted over a period of years by a family friend. One grew up closed and withdrawn, the other angry and self-destructive. And, most painful of all, their common suffering resulted in estrangement from each other. Becoming One began as Olson's attempt to provide a written account of her memories for her sister as a means of reconciliation and healing. The author's courage and generosity in candidly sharing her remarkable experiences provide important insights into the world of dissociation. Here is at once a highly personal look into an individual life, the dynamics of a troubled family, and the healing power of the therapeutic process. "Sarah Olson has written a fascinating account of her amazing healing journey and the mind's creative capacity to surmount unimaginable horror. Everyone can benefit from this inspiring book."--Lynne D. Finney, J.D., M.S.W. Author of: Reach For the Rainbow: Advanced Healing For Survivors of Sexual Abuse "Ms. Olson shows the inner strength and determination of an Olympian in her quest for peace and wholeness, and gives hope and understanding to others engaged in traveling similar paths." --Donald G. Snookal, M.S. Director, Scott Family Counseling
Jane Phillips -- The Magic Daughter : A Memoir of Living With Multiple Personality Disorder $11.95, Paperback, Published by Penguin USA (Paper), Publication date: October 1, 1996, ISBN: 0140244557As moving and inspiring as Nobody, Nowhere and Girl, Interrupted, this unique and intensely personal memoir describes how Phillips has learn ed to live with a fragmented self, and investigates the compelling human side of a disorder which has long fascinated psychiatrists and readers alike. In this extraordinarily distinctive, exquisitely crafted memoir, one that began as a suicide note, Jane Phillips, a woman with "disassociative identity disorder" writes about the intimate details of her life. The Magic Daughter is a harrowing, moving, inspiring, and ultimately triumphant account of a woman's journey toward wholeness. Prince, Morton -- Psychotherapy and Multiple Personality: selected essays $38.50, Hardcover, Published by Harvard Univ Pr, Publication date: June 1975, ISBN: 0674722256Booknews, Inc. , 05/01/89: A comprehensive and integrated approach to this complex disorder. Addresses specific diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and examples of their clinical applications. For professionals as well as those in training. (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.)
The book thoroughly examines the complex and disturbing disorder popularly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, renamed Dissociative Identity Disorder in the new DSV-IV. It covers the diagnosis and treatment of this disorder and presents significant new research findings. Features new clinical data from the American Psychiatric Association.
Book News: Psychiatrist Ross believes that multiple personality disorder (MPD) is "the key diagnosis in an impending paradigm shift in psychiatry, because MPD best illustrates the characteristic response of the human organism to severe psychosocial trauma, and because trauma is a major cause of mental illness, from a public health point of view." This collection of case studies, then, is intended not only to present interesting stories or provide a window into the current dissociative- disorders field, but to help foster an understanding of the relationship between childhood trauma and serious mental illness. The only case identified by real name is that of poet Anne Sexton. (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.) .
Here is the unbelievable yet true story of Sybil Dorsett, a survivor of terrible childhood abuse who as an adult was a victim of sudden and mysterious blackouts. What happened during those blackouts has made Sybil's experience one of the most famous psychological cases in the world.
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