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Book Synopsis Childhood Antecedents of Multiple Personality Disorder includes topics such as the effect of child abuse on the psyche, the development of multiple personality disorder: predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors, and the relationship among dissociation, hypnosis, and child abuse in the development of multiple personality disorder.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: multiple personality disorder in the 1980s. Credibility problems in multiple personality disorder patients and abused children. The effect of child abuse on the psyche. The development of multiple personality disorder: predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors. Dissociation as a response to extreme trauma. The relationship among dissociation, hypnosis, and child abuse in the development of multiple personality disorder. The transgenerational incidence of dissociation and multiple personality disorder: a preliminary report. Children of parents with multiple personality disorder. Childhood multiple personality disorder: predictors, clinical findings, and treatment results. The natural history of multiple personality disorder. Discussion: a clinician's perspective.
