Multiple personality disorder: Etiology, treatment, and treatment techniques from a psychodynamic perspective

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 389-402

  MacGregor, Michael Wm ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYSTERIA; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029792790     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0079662     Document Type: Review

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