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> [ “Interestingly, the patients who presented to me self-diagnosed \[with Dissociative Identity Disorder\] had tried to tell previous therapists of their plight, but had been disbelieved. These therapists had used fallacious "capricious criteria" (KIuft, 1988) to discredit the diagnosis; e.g., that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/interestingly-the-patients-who-presented-to-me-self-diagnosed-with/)

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## More by Richard P. Kluft

> [ “clinical literature is virtually unanimous that full MPD \[Multiple Personality Disorder\] cannot be created iatrogenically. There is no evidence that such a case has… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/clinical-literature-is-virtually-unanimous-that-full-mpd-multiple/)

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> [“It appears that the picture of DID as the ongoing clash of polarized personality types (e.g., good girl-bad girl, upright citizen-sociopath) is hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/it-appears-that-the-picture-of-did-as-the-ongoing-clash-of-polarized/)

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> [ “Interestingly, the patients who presented to me self-diagnosed \[with Dissociative Identity Disorder\] had tried to tell previous therapists of their plight, but had been… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/interestingly-the-patients-who-presented-to-me-self-diagnosed-with/)

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> [“The implication that the change in nomenclature from “Multiple Personality Disorder” to “Dissociative Identity Disorder” means the condition has been repudiated and “dropped” from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/the-implication-that-the-change-in-nomenclature-from-multiple/)

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> [“The summary of Lambert and Lillenfelt’s “Bloodstains” in Scientific American Mind in the October 12, 2007 The Informed Reader passes along many of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/the-summary-of-lambert-and-lillenfelt-s-bloodstains-in-scientific/)

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> [“Most DID patients are rather muted compared to those cases incorrectly assumed to epitomize the condition (Kluft, 1985b). The personalities enact adaptational patterns and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/most-did-patients-are-rather-muted-compared-to-those-cases/)

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> [“The often dramatic differences among the personalities are more an arresting epiphenomenon than the core of the condition. Characterological factors, cultural influences, imagination, intelligence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/the-often-dramatic-differences-among-the-personalities-are-more-an/)

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> [“Several recent studies (Bliss, 1980; Boon & Draijer, 1993a; Coons & Milstein, 1986; Coons, Bowman, & Milstein, 1988; Putnam et al., 1986; Ross et…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/several-recent-studies-bliss-1980-boon-draijer-1993a-coons-milstein/)

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> [“The classic host personality, which usually (over 50% of the time) presents for treatment, nearly always bears the legal name and is depressed, anxious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-kluft/the-classic-host-personality-which-usually-over-50-of-the-time/)

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