Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:539-542
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Use of the extended family in the treatment of multiple personality
EW Beal
The author describes a patient with the diagnosis of multiple personality
who was treated by several therapists with different theoretical
perspectives, including psychoanalysis and family systems theory. The
latter approaches to the patient's illness are compared, a new methodology
of treatment is reported, and the impact of different ways of thinking
about the patient is discussed.