The Bifurcation of the Self The History and Theory of Dissociation and Its Disorders /

For more than a hundred years, dissociative states, sometimes referred to as multiple personality disorder, have fascinated the public as well as scientists. The precise nature of this disorder is a controversial one, dividing clinicians, theorists, and researchers. Challenging the conventional wisd...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rieber, Robert W. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Library of the History of Psychological Theories,
Subjects:
Clinical psychology.
Psychology.
Social sciences-History.
Personality.
Difference (Psychology).
Clinical Psychology.
History of Psychology.
Personality and Differential Psychology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Brief History of Multiplicity
  • The Roots of Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • "Nothing but God and the Brain"
  • Prying Open the Lid
  • Looking Inside the Box, Thinking Outside the Box
  • Sybil A Case of Multiple Personalities and the Natural History of a Myth
  • The Case of Sybil
  • The Publication of a "Psychiatric Masterpiece"
  • The Myth Explodes
  • Seminal Cases of Multiplicity A History
  • Fourteen Seminal Cases
  • Bifurcation of Self.

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