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Clinical perspectives on multiple personality disorders (MPD) (1989 foundational) 1) A comprehensive look at different treatment methodologies lends further credibility and depth to methods of enhancing communication among alters. Kluft, R. P., & Fine, C. G. (1993). Clinical perspectives on multiple personality disorders. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 181(7), 361-366.
Diagnosis and treatment of DID (1989 detailed treatment strategy) 1) valuable toward enhancing communication among alters. 2) internal miscommunication found with clinical implications. Putnam, F. W. (1989). Diagnosis and treatment of multiple personality disorder. Guilford Press.
Internal Attachment (1969 – groundbreaking) 1) effective communication among alters, 2) affecting the individuals’ overall mental well-being, 3) explorable as an emotional aspect of inter-alter relationships, 4) as an improved functionality of mental health. Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and loss, Vol 1. BasicBooks.
Pathological internal object relationship (1988—a form) 1) perpetuates the infant’s subjective experience of the mother’s difficulty in recognizing and responding to her infant’s internal state. 2) The individual identifies with both the mother and the infant in this internal object relationship and experiences intense anxiety and despair concerning his efforts at knowing what he is feeling and, therefore, of knowing who he is. 3) substitute formations create the illusion that the individual knows what he feels. Ogden T. Misrecognitions and the fear of not knowing. Psychoanal Q. 1988 Oct;57(4):643-66. PMID: 3212107.
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