1. Multiple Personality Disorder & Dissociative Identity Disorder Multiple Personality Disorder resource for published papers, books, course manuals, new ideas, glossary of terms and definitions supported by Dr. Ralph Allison's research with actual patients. ABOUT MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM dissociative identity disorder. AND. INTERNALIZED IMAGINARY http://www.dissociation.com/

ALL ABOUT MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER AND INTERNALIZED IMAGINARY COMPANIONS OR PLAYMATES Brought To You By Ralph B. Allison, M.D. And Marie McKenzie New Book: Memories of an Essence! Click here to find out more about Multiple Personalities You are visitor number since Nov. 1, 1999.

2. Dissociative Disorders Recently considered rare and mysterious psychiatric curiosities, dissociative identity disorder (DID) (previously known as Multiple Personality DisorderMPD http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html

How you can help About Trauma Dissociative Disorders available from Sidran in packages of 50 for a small fee. Recently considered rare and mysterious psychiatric curiosities, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder-MPD) and other Dissociative Disorders are now understood to be fairly common effects of severe trauma in early childhood, most typically extreme, repeated physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. In Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) was changed to Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), reflecting changes in professional understanding of the disorder resulting from significant empirical research. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), widely accepted as a major mental illness affecting 8% of the general population in the United States, is closely related to Dissociative Disorders. In fact, 80-100% of people diagnosed with a Dissociative Disorder also have a secondary diagnosis of PTSD. The personal and societal cost of trauma disorders is extremely high. Recent research suggests the risk of suicide attempts among people with trauma disorders may be even higher than among people who have major depression. In addition, there is evidence that people with trauma disorders have higher rates of alcoholism, chronic medical illnesses, and abusiveness in succeeding generations. WHAT IS DISSOCIATION?

3. Dissociative Identity Disorder Hub A brief definition of dissociative identity disorder, followed by links to overviews, research articles, case reports. dissociative identity disorder hub. http://www.healthubs.com/dissociative/

Dissociative identity disorder hub Dissociative identity disorder, formerly called as multiple personality disorder, is a psychiatric disorder in which a person has two or more distinct identities or personality states, which recurrently take control of the person’s consciousness and behavior. Symptoms can include depression, mood swings, suicidal tendencies, sleep disorders, panic attacks, substance abuse, hallucinations, amnesia, trances, and eating disorders. Treatment often consists of individual therapy, medications for specific mood or anxiety symptoms, education about the illness, social skills training, learning better communication and coping skills, and group support. What Is Dissociative Identity Disorder? - by the Sidran Foundation. Dissociative Disorders - by the National Women's Health Information Center. Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder) - by the University of Cincinnati Psychological Services Center. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - by Columbia Weill Cornell Psychiatry. Mary Reynolds (1793-1854): The first known case of Multiple Personality Disorder - by Joshua Nichols, Allegheny College.

4. Dissociative Identity Disorder As A Not To Know Strategy An article by Mona Barbera, Ph.D. http://www.nesttd.org/nottoknow.htm

Dissociative Identity Disorder as a "Not to Know Strategy" by Mona Barbera, Ph.D. In the September/October 1999 issue of the ISSD (International Society for the Study of Dissociation ) newsletter, ISSD president Peter Barach lists 10 changes in the treatment of DID that have occurred in the past 10 years. Number 3 is "Focusing on the dissociative patient as a whole." He writes, "Along these lines, I have found that referring to DID as the 'not to know strategy' can facilitate this shift in focus." Some of my patients and I like this and find it useful in treatment because it is non-pathological, describing a strategy rather than a disorder. DID in adulthood is, of course, a disorder, causing much difficulty and dysfunction in daily living. It should stay in the DSM and should be treated as a psychological problem. But the etiology of DID in childhood, engendered in experiences of abuse, suggests that it arose originally as a strategy, as a way to avoid full conscious experiencing of something intolerable. Calling it the "not to know strategy" emphasizes the functionality of the dissociative splits. They were, in effect, a way not to know everything all at once. "Not to know" includes not knowing actual events, and also their attendant emotions, cognitions and behaviors. Blocking all or part of this knowing allows a child to function.

5. BehaveNet® Clinical Capsule™: Dissociative Identity Disorder DSMIV-TR dissociative identity disorder (DID) Patients with this Dissociative Disorder suffer from alternation of two or more distinct personality states with impaired recall among personality states of important information. Ross, Colin A dissociative identity disorder - Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of L (Editor) Yalom, Irvin D Treating dissociative identity disorder Paperback 1996 http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/did.htm

BehaveNet DSM-IV DSM-IV-TR Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Patients with this Dissociative Disorder suffer from alternation of two or more distinct personality states with impaired recall among personality states of important information. Diagnostic criteria for 300.14 Dissociative Identity Disorder cautionary statement A. The presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (each with its own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self). B. At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior. C. Inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. D. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., blackouts or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication ) or a general medical condition (e.g., complex partial seizures). Note: In children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play. Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision.

6. DID Index A consultant psychiatrist reviews the factors that characterize DID. http://www.btinternet.com/~raham/

7. Dissociative Identity Disorder (MPD) Questions And Misconceptions Last updated February 8, 1998. dissociative identity disorder (MPD) Questions and Misconceptions In DSMIV2 MPD was renamed dissociative identity disorder. Dr http://members.aol.com/MinEncourg/WbPgMPDQuestions.htm

D.I.D./MPD with frames Click here to view without frame Last updated February 8, 1998 Dissociative Identity Disorder (MPD) Questions and Misconceptions Do not use the information on these pages as a substitute for evaluation and treatment by a Professional Health Care Provider. You are expected to read the , and further access to this site is under the condition that you agree to abide by its terms and conditions. * Definition * Hospitalization * Length of Therapy * Drugs ... * Footnotes What is D.I.D. or Multiple Personality Disorder? Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) was defined in DSM-III-R as being: A. The existence within the person of two or more distinct personalities or personality states (each with its own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self). B. At least two of these personalities or personality states recurrently take full control of the person's behavior. In DSM-IV MPD was renamed Dissociative Identity Disorder. Dr. Colin Ross one of the leading experts in the field, is a psychiatrist whose experience is primarily within a hospital setting and in research. In his book on MPD he provides a wealth of information on this condition. He describes MPD (using a female patient as an example) as follows. MPD can be diagnosed with a high degree of validity and reliability. However, it will not be recognized without making a specific inquiry for its signs and symptoms. This inquiry is not part of a standard psychiatric assessment, which is why so many cases are missed....

8. Dissociative Identity Disorder dissociative identity disorder. and the Sociocognitive Model Spanos, 1994) of dissociative identity disorder (DID) and argued in favor of a posttraumatic model (PTM) in which DID http://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/did.htm

[To Scientific Articles Catalogue] [To Overview ... Memories] Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Socio-cognitive Model: Recalling the Lessons of the Past Table of Content of this article [Abbreviations in this article] [Navigation terms] Authors Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University Steven Jay Lynn Binghamton University Irving Kirsch University of Connecticut John F. Chaves Indiana University School of Dentistry Theodore R. Sarbin University of California, Santa Cruz George K. Ganaway Emory University School of Medicine Russell A. Powell Grant MacEwan College " c Psychological Bulletin Vol. 125. No 5.507-523 Summary In a recent article in this journal, D. H. Gleaves (1996) criticized the socio-cognitive model (SCM; N. P. Spanos, 1994) of dissociative identity disorder (DID) and argued in favor of a posttraumatic model (PTM) in which DID is conceptualized as a consequence of childhood abuse and other traumatic events. The present authors demonstrate that (a) many of Gleaves's arguments were predicated on misunderstandings of the SCM, (b) scrutiny of the evidence regarding the psychopathology and assessment of DID raises questions concerning the PTM's conceptual and empirical underpinnings

9. NeeDID Exchange - A DID/ DD NETWORK dissociative identity disorder Support and information exchange for individuals with dissociative identity disorder, DID, MPD, Multiple Personality Disorder and other Trauma related Dissociative http://www.needid.bizland.com/

Welcome to NeeDID Exchange A Support Network for Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and other trauma related Dissociative Disorders. Join Our Mailing List Enter your name and email address: Name: Email: Subscribe Unsubscribe The NeeDID Exchange has developed this mailing list as a way to keep interested individuals with DID/ DD and their Supportive Others informed and updated about NeeDID Exchange, its Web Site, and any related news, services, activities, and/or information. It is not an interactive list, but rather a way for us to periodically keep all on the list updated and informed. EMAIL US This site will continue to evolve and be updated regularly. Please stop by and visit us often. Revised 01/03.

10. Dissociative Identity Disorder Symptoms of 'dissociative identity disorder' Depression. Mood swings In the past this was referred to as MPD or multiple personality disorder. http://www.sasian.org/papers/did.htm

Symptoms of 'dissociative identity disorder' Depression Mood swings Suicidal tendencies Compulsions and rituals Phobias Flashbacks or intrusive memories Amnesia, blackouts or time loss Headaches Panic attacks Reactions to stimuli or "triggers" Addictive behavior including alcohol or drugs Psychotic-like symptoms (including auditory and visual hallucinations) Eating disorders Trances, fugue states or "out of body experiences." Sleep disorders (insomnia, night terrors, and sleep walking) Dissociation is the minds way of breaking the connections between itself and the outside world. The person experiences an event or events which the mind is unable to deal with. The person may seem to be somewhere else. The person may act in ways that are so out of character that they seem to be another person. In the past this was referred to as MPD or multiple personality disorder. DID is a common reaction to severe emotional trauma. The trauma may be a single event; children may experience DID after a natural disaster such as a hurricane, or it may be trauma which takes place over an extended period of time. Sexual, emotional or physical abuse are examples of long term events that can cause DID. Some of the symptoms listed above are explained in greater detail here- Depression Depression when exhibited with other symptoms of DID may be classified as severe or 'clinical depression'. This type of depression tends to interfere greatly with a persons day to day life.

11. Health Net Dissociative Identity Disorder Informative guide to the symptoms and treatment of dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. http://mentalhelp.net/disorders/sx18.htm

12. The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook The dissociative identity disorder Sourcebook By Deborah Bray Haddock. BUY IT! How many copies? dissociative identity disorder (DID http://www.sidran.org/catalog/hadi.html

How you can help The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook By Deborah Bray Haddock BUY IT! How many copies?: Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly called multiple personality disorder, is a condition fraught with controversy and skepticism. Often the greatest challenge for a person with DID is overcoming society's general misunderstanding of alter (multiple) personalities and how they may be treated and resolved. Once believed to be a rare and dramatic aberration, DID is actually a highly evolved survival mechanism acquired by some individuals as they cope with severe and prolonged trauma, abuse, and fear. Written from the patient's perspective, The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook is an eminently practical and sensitive guide for persons with the disorder, their families, and their therapists. The author provides an empowering message of hope as she skillfully explains: How to find and work with an appropriate therapist The phases of treatment, including many useful exercises and tools for sharing information, managing feelings, and setting up a basic safety plan The benefits and challenges of both individual and group therapies Learning how to trust again so that you may move out of therapy and into the critical process of stabilization To buy this book online: Fill in number of copies desired and click the "Add to cart" button.

13. HealingWell.com Community Volunteermoderated message boards and chat dedicated to sharing information, offering support, and coping strategies with DID. Requires registration. http://community.healingwell.com/community/?f=21

14. Ritual Abuse Satanism Cults Mind Control Cult Satanic Ritual Abuse Occult Brainw Provides a variety of mailing lists for survivors of ritual abuse, mind control, Topics include deprogramming, spirituality, and young alters of people with DID (dissociative identity disorder.) http://ritualabuse.net/mtc

MTC was created more than 10 years ago to provide online support to survivors. More than 9000 individuals have cross our virtual doors since we opened. More than 400,000 visitors have visited this site or one of our associated sites such as the Mind Control Forum . MTC is operated by survivors on a volunteer basis. All of our forums are moderated to insure the safest environment for our members. There is NO CHARGE to participate in an MTC Forum. MTC was created to provide free support to survivors and their families so that survivors could save their income for expensive therapy or other treatment to aid them in their healing. Want to help? While we are working towards obtaining Non Profit status; at this time we can not offer a tax deduction for donations. If you would like to donate to MTC, The Ritual Abuse Network, and the Mind Control Forum please click on the link below: [ Home ] Conferences Contact Us! Forums Locations Of Abuse ... Resources Last updated:

15. Definition Of Multiple Personality Disorder Dual Personality, Multiple Personality, dissociative identity disorder What s in a Name? Now all our multiples had dissociative identity disorder or DID. http://www.dissociation.com/index/Definition/

Dual Personality, Multiple Personality, Dissociative Identity Disorder - What's in a Name? When I diagnosed my first case of MPD in 1972 (Janette in " Minds In Many Pieces "), I had had no professional training on the subject. I went to the Stanford Medical Library to look up articles on the subject since no computerized databases existed then. The book called "Index Medicus" was the only place one could start searching for published articles. There I found the listing of "Dual Personality." In the 1970s, when I started meeting with other therapists of "multiples" (the term we all came to use for patients with MPD), we informally agreed to call the disorder "Multiple Personality Disorder" or MPD for short. I wrote to the editors of the Index Medicus to ask them to add Multiple Personality Disorder to the subject headings, and they did that. At that time, a small group of us therapists were struggling with these patients, and we created our own networking methods. I published a newsletter, "Memos On Multiplicity," for one year as my way of trying to let such therapists know where fellow adventurers in this field were. Eventually, the interest moved from the solo practitioner's office to the academic halls of learning. Some practitioners had teaching appointments in graduate schools where their opinions about MPD were not always greeted with acceptance. After all, the accepted dictums stated that people only were allowed one personality per body. Anyone claiming to have patients with two or more personalities had a difficult task convincing those in academia that such was possible.

16. Cuckoo Comics Cuckoo Comics, selfpublished autobiographical series about dissociative identity disorder. Background information and ordering. http://www.multiples.net/

This site hosted by Yohagan. http://www.yohagan.com

17. Multiple Perspectives The burb for diarists with dissociative identity disorder. http://wineberry.net/mp/

"i am large... i contain multitudes" walt whitman multiple perspectives... the burb for online diarists and journallers that identify as multiple. orangeclouds.org ~ the online webjournalog of a twenty-something female existing in multiplicity while living in boston. [co-founder of multiple perspectives, added 6/19/2000.] tunneling ~ the adventures and musings of the myriad. it is mostly written by the front-runners, but others will occasionally chime in. the body is 19, just starting college at uc santa cruz. [co-founder of multiple perspectives, added 6/19/2000.] OverHeard - 30something journaller/s... "Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not in your own unconsciousness; you are inside them..." [added 6/20/2000] Lantern Waste ~ "Anger and tenderness: my selves And now I can believe they breathe in me as angels, not polarities. Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius to spin and weave in the same action from her own body, anywhere

18. Multiple Personality Disorder / Dissociative Identity Disorder Dr. Paul McHugh discusses Multiple Personality Disorder also known as dissociative identity disorder. (dissociative identity disorder). by Paul R. McHugh. http://www.psycom.net/mchugh.html

19. Mollykat's Resources For Survivors Information about depression, PTSD, dissociative identity disorder and borderline personality disorders. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1872/

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20. Coping With Dissociative Identity Disorder - Multiple Personality Disorder Do you have dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder? Are you a support person for someone who is dissociative? http://home.comcast.net/~riversrages/

Do you have Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder?  Are you a support person for someone who is dissociative?  Do you wonder if you have DID, or have other personalities within yourself? You are not alone.  The intent of this site is to share ideas to cope with the variety of symptoms that we multiples contend with day in and day out. Here are some previews of what you find inside: URL to Message Board Message board We also have a message board so multiples and their support people can share their methods of coping and find support. Be part of a community that understands dissociation. My personal experiences Do you hear conversations within ? Maybe they sound like one of mine. How did I find out I had multiple personalities? Check out the beginning of my journey, see if you can relate. Online Book: "I figured I would say everything as it was and see if this T could handle it. If she were scared of me, it was just as well to know it sooner than later." How successful will this new therapist be? Read the final chapter of Deep Therapy in the Fast Lane written by Restin Wells, to find out.

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