Posted by Craig on April 15, 1999, at 4:39:35
In reply to Mistaken MPD diagnosis, posted by Toby on April 14, 1999, at 13:09:55
If your interest in this is more than casual, I would be able to locate a number of patients hospitalized for MPD/DID by Bennett Braun in Chicago. Perhaps I should amend this to FORMER patients, since most now believe they were misdiagnosed.
For an in-depth article that addresses the very questions you've asked, I suggest the June 1998 online edition of Chicago Magazine at http://www.chicagomag.com/chicagomag/text/table.htm and read the article titled Dangerous Therapy by Cynthia Hanson beginning at http://www.chicagomag.com/chicagomag/text/features/therapy/0698a.htm
As I discussed in the Anxiety vs Dissociation thread here earlier this month, I know the woman featured in the Chicago Magazine article. To summarize her case, hypnotherapy combined with extensive drug therapy can lead to tragic results.
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