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Summary: insightful but dramatic
Review: In this book, Dr. Putnam shared his knowledge about people with what was then called multiple personality disorder. He had many years of experience in observing patients and had learned to understand their behavior. For people with dissociation who do not understand why they act as they do, this book is a valuable resource. Unfortunately, Dr. Putnam's vision of therapy involved a lot of drama and such techniques as sodium amytal interviews, which are rarely if ever used anymore. In dealing with child abuse survivors, there is already the potential for drama due to the difficulty in handling trauma that many people experience. I think it's unfortunate that this treatment method added to that by advocating fairly aggressive memory recovery techniques. This book is a very useful source for understanding dissociative disorders, but I am glad that the vision of therapy has changed since its publication.
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Summary: They call this the Bible of treating MPD
Review: Read it, you will know why. Putnam adresses a great deal of issues that a therapist may encounter, and truly gives both the Therapist and the paitent hope.
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Summary: Validating and Helpful
Review: This book helped us to understand ourselves better. We read this book in search of things that we could relate to that might be similar to our own experiences. It speaks of signs and characteristics that multiples display that we found very much the same as our own life. Really helped in our acceptance of the diagnosis.
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Summary: INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL -- GREAT BOOK!
Review: This is a wonderfully written book on MPD. I consider Dr. Putnam and Dr. Ross to be wonderful resources for information (although I do have a bit of disagreement with Dr. Ross on his views about memories). Dr. Putnam provides a thorough and in-depth journey into the therapy and recovering process of someone with MPD (or DID). Whether you're a doctor, a friend or family member of a multiple, someone recently diagnosed or a seasoned veteran, I think you will find many useful things within this book.
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Summary: Is MPD real?
Review: Weell, Dr. Putnam "confirmed" a diagnosis of MPD on me in the '80's through his "brain-wave tests". Many painful years later, I realized the "MPD" had been created by the desire to please a "therapist" who wanted a multiple to rival Truddi Chase.
Putnam's book is a handbook on how to be a multiple--read it and become--it is readable and logical to someone who is looking for MPD. Reading it again after many years, I found it's logic inconsistent and scientifically doubtful.
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Summary: Is MPD real?
Review: Weell, Dr. Putnam "confirmed" a diagnosis of MPD on me in the '80's through his "brain-wave tests". Many painful years later, I realized the "MPD" had been created by the desire to please a "therapist" who wanted a multiple to rival Truddi Chase.
Putnam's book is a handbook on how to be a multiple--read it and become--it is readable and logical to someone who is looking for MPD. Reading it again after many years, I found it's logic inconsistent and scientifically doubtful.
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