Multiple personality in the human information-processor: A case history and theoretical formulation

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Joseph C. Andorfer

Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Department of Psychiatry, Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 28542. The views are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect views or policies of the United States Navy or the Department of DefenseSearch for more papers by this author

Joseph C. Andorfer,

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Joseph C. Andorfer

Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

First published: May 1985

https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198505)41:3<309::AID-JCLP2270410303>3.0.CO;2-D

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A case of multiple personality is presented, which details the roles of the “executive” and “destabilizer” personalities in the functioning of the overall system, and in treatment. A neo-associationist model of personality, affect and cognition, previously presented by the author (Andorfer, 1980) and applied to schizophrenia (Andorfer, 1984), is here extended to multiple personality. This model is used to account for the mechanisms and clinical phenomena of dissociation and reintegration and the role of the “executive” personality in each. Strategies for treatment are recommended.

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