Gerald: I would speculate that a person claiming dissociative identities may respond to a placebo differentially under various "personalities", e.g., a placebo sedative administered to one "personality" may not have an "effect" on another personality. But an active drug such as a sleeping pill would surely have the same physiological effect on the person, independent of which "personality" was being enacted. One "personality" may try to fight the effects more than another, in order to portray role-consistent behavior. This would make an excellent empirical study. See the work of Martin Orne and Nick Spanos regarding the "hidden observer" in hypnotic responding. Disclaimer: I am far from an expert in this field, although I studied with Nick Spanos, a DID (at the time MPD) sceptic. -Max Gwynn Max Gwynn, Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Academic Advisor Dept. of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University (519) 884-0710 ext 3854 mgw...@wlu.ca >>> Gerald Peterson <peter...@svsu.edu> 5/22/2012 11:13 AM >>> Discussing mpd or dissociative identity disorder recently...clinicians on TIPS probably encounter many pop ideas or urban legends about this diagnosis. The question that arose is whether you can give a sleeping pill to such a person and have it not affect one "personality"; presumably the one not given the pill. Does anyone know of evidence/study regarding this question? My first impulse is to check snopes and explore sources. Perhaps it came from clinical anecdotes?
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