In psychiatry, and in fact for all kinds of counseling, all procedures start with collecting data from the patient. Starting with the individual’s history, finding out what is happening with…
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For decades, in trying to persuade patients to take drugs for depression, psychiatrists have given them the rationale that the medication was to “correct a chemical imbalance in the brain.”…
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This is posted in response to a question from a reader. I think it is an important question with much relevance to the individuals with DID as well as others…
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Controlling the appearance of alters, how they seem to be switched on or off in a system, is a complex matter. I do not claim to know all the ways…
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Among DID individuals, the sharing of conscious awareness between alters exists in varying degrees. I have seen cases where there has appeared to be no amnestic barriers between individual alters,…
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