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Dissociative Disorders
Richard P. Kluft, M.D. and Brad Foote, M.D., Guest Editors
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Recent Developments
Richard P. Kluft, M.D., Brad Foote, M.D.
A case study is presented of a 40-year-old man with obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCT). He had been treated with long-term
institutional placement, electroconvulsive therapy, exhaustive
pharmacotherapy, and psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapy. Nothing had relieved his excessive hand washing and
door checking. Records from previous treatment revealed a diagnosis
of dissociative identity disorder (DID). This information led to
This paper argues that Poe's short story, "Ligeia," in which the
narrator experiences the death of his adored first wife (Ligeia), a
second marriage to the despised Rowena, and ultimately the death of
Rowena and the revivification of Ligeia, is not a supernatural tale,
but rather a psychological one. According to this reading, the