Richard Baer, "Switching Time: A doctor's harrowing story of
treating a woman with 17 personalities," Crown, (2007). Read
reviews or order this book
Doris Bryant, et al., Judy Kessler, "The Family Inside," Norton
(1992)
The authors write from a humanist position. They believe that alters are generated during
childhood by extreme levels of abuse. The authors examine the alters in terms of
personality types (core essence, non-dominant, clusters, etc.) Under the proper conditions
of therapy, the alters act as a single "inner family" and leave the original
personality as a unit.
Barry M. Cohen, et al., Eds, "Multiple Personality Disorder
from the Inside Out," Sidran Press, (1991) Read
reviews or order this book
C.G. Fine & R.P. Kluft, "Clinical perspectives on
Multiple Personality Disorder," American Psychiatric
Press, (1993). Read
reviews or order this book. The book describes unorthodox
treatment techniques, including Amytal interviews, play therapy,
ego-state therapy, and sand trays.
James G. Friesen, "The Truth About False Memory Syndrome," Huntington
House, (1996).
Dr. Friesen attempts to prove that childhood sexual abuse, including Satanic Ritual Abuse,
causes the child's personality to shatter. This leads to the appearance of multiple
personalities. He believes that recovered memories can be trusted. He asserts that through
therapy, the many alters can be combined into a single, mentally healthy personality. The
book is written from a conservative Christian viewpoint.
Out of print. But you may be able to order a used copy
The International Society for the Study of Dissociation
(ISSD) has a
home page at: http://www.issd.org
R.S. Mayer, "Satan's Children: Shocking True Accounts of Satanism, Abuse, and
Multiple Personality Disorder", Avon Books, New York, (1991).
The book is directed to an audience of MPD survivors and to therapists who wish an
introduction to MPD. Dr. Mayer describes the experiences of five clients who had been
misdiagnosed before coming to him for treatment. He helped his clients to gradually
recover memories of horrendous childhood ritual abuse. It is "an unforgettable
journey through horror and tragedy to miraculous healing and wholeness."
Out of print. But you may be able to order a used copy
C.A. Ross, "The Osiris complex: "Case studies in
Multiple Personality Disorder," University of Toronto
Press, (1994). Read
reviews or order this book
F.R. Schreiber, "Sybil: the true story of a woman possesses by sixteen separate
personalities," Regnery, Chicago IL, (1973)
Read
reviews or order this book.
Joan Acocella, "Creating Hysteria: Women and the Myth of Multiple
Personality Disorder." Jossey-Bass, (1999). Read
reviews or order this book.
Reinder Van Til, "Lost Daughters: Recovered Memory Therapy and the
people it hurts," Eerdmand (1997), P. 178 to 182. This book deals
mainly with the recovered memory therapy hoax which damaged hundreds of
thousands of lives during the 1980s and 1990s. The author briefly discusses
the case of Sybil.
Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, "Sybil -- The making of a disease," New York
Review of Books, 1997-APR-24, Pages 61 & 62. This is an interview of Dr.
Spiegel. See:
http://www.astraeasweb.net/
John Taylor, "The Lost Daughter" Esquire magazine, 1994-MAR.
VIEWING MPD/DID AS DUE TO DEMONIC POSSESSION: This
belief is commonly found only among Fundamentalist and other Evangelical
Protestants and Roman Catholics:
VIEWING MULTIPLICITY AS A NATURALLY OCCURRING PHENOMENON, NOT A
DISORDER:
"Astraea's Multiple Personality Resources and Controversies"at:
http://www.astraeasweb.net/household
This site suggests that multiple personality is not caused by childhood abuse, but is a
naturally occurring, alternative, normal method of brain functioning.
Pat Stubbs, "Self invented multiplicity is not a disorder,"
http://www.m-a-h.net This is a generally negative essay.
RESOURCES FOR (and stories of) MPD SURVIVOR/VICTIMS:
"Pem/Pam in SC Home Page" has an impressive list of web
resources by survivor/victims of MPD/DID. Unfortunately, it was last
updated in 1999 and thus many of the links are broken. See:
http://www.healthyplace.com
Pavilion: voices of plurality in action has an ambitious
program to advocate on behalf of persons with plural personalities.
See:
http://www.tanuki.cx/pavilion/
Carole Smith, "The magic castle: A mother's harrowing true
story of her adoptive son's multiple personalities - and the triumph
of healing," St. Martins Press, (1998).
Read
reviews or order this book.
Judy Dragon & Terry Popp, "Multiple journeys into one:
Spiritual stories of integration from Dissociative Identity Disorder,"
Dancing Serpents Press, (1999)
Read
reviews or order this book.
Doris Bryant & Judy Kessler, "Beyond integration: One
multiple's journey," W.W. Norton, (1995).
Read
reviews or order this book.
Sandra Hocking, et al., "Living with your selves: A survival
manual for people with multiple personalities," Launch Press, (1992).
Read
reviews or order this book.
Rachel Downing, "Can I Look Now? Recovering From Multiple Personality Disorder."
This is a small and inexpensive, 33 page book on MPD written by a victim/survivor. Its
intended audience include other survivors, including their young alters.
Out of print. But you may be able to order a used copy
