Dissociation : Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 1990)

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    Dissociation : Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 064-065 : Comments on: Takahashi's " Is MPD really rare in Japan?"
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1990-06) Ross, Colin A.
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    Dissociation : Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 102-106 : Somatic symptoms in multiple sclerosis and MPD
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1990-06) Ross, Colin A.; Fast, Eunice; Anderson, Geri; Auty, Anthony; Todd, Judy
    In this report 50 subjects with multiple sclerosis are compared to 50 subjects with multiple personality disorder. The multiple sclerosis patients endorsed an average of 3.0 somatic symptoms on structured interview, the multiple personality subjects an average of 14.5. The somatic symptoms characteristic of neurological illness were trouble walking, paralysis, and muscle weakness. Those characteristic of psychiatric illness were genitourinary and gastrointestinal symptoms.