Multiple Personality: An Hispanic Perspective

by Alfonso Martinez-Taboas

The syndrome known as multiple personality has been widely studied in North America, but the prevalence of this syndrome in Puerto Rico was never reported. This book provides an excellent overview of the current literature on the phenomenology, physiology, theory, and treatment of multiple personality (now called dissociative identity disorder) as well as detailed presentations of three Puerto Rican cases. The book includes prefaces by Dr. Richard P. Kluft, founder of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation and Trauma, and by Dr. Carol Romey, who at the time of publication was the President of the Puerto Rican Association of Psychologists. Also included in the book is an extensive bibliography and detailed index. A chapter by Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado on the history of the disorder is also included.

250 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1995

Reviews

[Lore LongSoulSystem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok this one goes to my favorites on DID.
Straight to the problem, practical analysis, arguments, lots of references, studies we weren't aware of, three cases, iatrogenesis, sociocultural and fantasy models, traumagenic model, the problem with scepticism, even philosophical problems, culture bound syndrome... and from a latinx.
Concise and practical to kindly slap the faces of uninformed mental health institutions and ideologies.

Are we going to help people? Or are we going to defend an ideology?

(Sounds like "are we going to defend women protests or are we going to defend the walls from being painted in pink?")

[ale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente como siempre Alfonso