ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
PUTNAM ET.
AL. IN 1986 REPORTED
THAT MORE CASES OF MPD HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE PREVIOUS 5 YEARS THAN
IN
THE PREVIOUS 2 CENTURIES.
BEFORE
1973 THE AVERAGE # OF PERSONALITIES
WAS 3. AFTER 1973 (SYBIL WAS PUBLISHED IN 1973) THE AVERAGE # OF
PERSONALITIES
WAS 12.
A
SURVEY OF ALL PSYCHIATRISTS IN
SWITZERLAND FOUND THAT 90% OF THEM HAD NEVER SEEN A CASE OF MPD. THE
DATA
INDICATED THAT 6 PSYCHIATRISTS (OUT OF 655 SURVEYED) ACCOUNTED FOR 2/3
OF THE MPD DIAGNOSES IN SWITZERLAND.
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