Using hypnotic inquiry protocols to monitor treatment progress and stability in multiple personality disorder.

Abstract Thirty-two patients with multiple personality disorder (MPD), who had been integrated for a minimum of 27 months, were reassessed for the stability of their fusions, using a research hypnotic inquiry protocol. The occasional discovery of unsuspected alters or the persistence of alters believed fused led to the protocol's adaptation for monitoring clinical progress and stability. The technique and the patients' typical reactions to it are described. Minimal adverse effects were encountered in the monitoring of over 50 patients' treatments. It appears that periodic hypnotic inquiry about the status of the patients' dividedness is benign, and can be a useful adjunct to the treatment of MPD.

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