Commentary on Multiple Personality and Channeling

In her paper, Multiple Personality and Channeling, Dr. Rogers compares and contrasts the two phenomena, tries to outline some distinctions between them, and expresses concern lest persons who have the ability to channel be pathologized for their capacity to engage in a creative social activity which is currently very much in vogue (p.11 ) (1). I appreciate her efforts and here will offer some additional observations and reflections from my own work and experience

Iatrongenic creation of new alter personalities

p. 083-091The initial assessment of a patient suffering multiple personality disorder (MPD) rarely discloses the full complexity of that patient's system of personalities. Like most other mental disorders, MPD reveals its inner structure gradually, in the course of the uncovering process of therapy. This common sense observation, however, is often disregarded due to the widespread concern that the very procedures designed to alleviate and integrate MPD may augment rather than reduce its complexity. This paper will review factors inherent in the treatment, the patient, and the therapist that may contribute to an actual increment in the patient 's complexity or to the appearance that this has occurred. Most apparent creations of new alter personalities reflect the use of personality formation to cushion the traumatic impact of the treatment, which is inherently painful, or to protect against intercurrent traumata. Others (the majority) represent in fact the discovery of preexisting but previously unrecognized alters. Some alters emerge in response to therapists' errors in technique or inappropriate behaviors

Reflections

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MSEC2006-21093 AN ADVANCED VIBRATION BASED REAL-TIME MACHINE HEALTH AND PROCESS MONITORING SYSTEM

ABSTRACT The ever-increasing emphasis on product quality with increased productivity has been driving the automotive manufacturing industry to find new ways to produce high quality products without increasing production time and manufacturing costs. In addition, automotive manufacturing plants are implementing flexible manufacturing strategies with computer numerical control (CNC) machining centers to address excess capacity, shifting consumer trends and future volume uncertainty of products. Over time, plants have used several preventative and predictive maintenance methods to address machine reliability. Such systems include, but are not limited to, scheduling machine down times at regular intervals to check/replace bearings and other spindle/slide components before they can have an adverse affect on part quality. However, most of these methods and traditional systems are not cost effective and cause significant machine down-times, safety concerns and labor overheads and do not reliably monitor other process issues, such as, clamping, incoming stock variations and thermal phenomena. This paper describes an advanced real-time vibration based machine health and process monitoring system that has been developed to address the above issues. The system, called Condition Indicator Analysis Box for CNC (CIAB TM -CNC), is easily configurable, and provides real-time data and historical trends of machines, processes and tooling, enabling manufacturing plants to make accurate predictions regarding future production runs. The system also aids in the optimization of preventative maintenance tasks in a cost effective manner. The developed system monitors machine spindle and slide for unbalance, misalignment, damaged/spalled bearings, mechanical looseness, and ball screw issues. Additionally, it performs in-process monitoring during machining as well as non-machining by individual tool and/or feature to detect tool breakages, quality issues and other gross process or machine anomalies. Innovative statistical trending algorithms enable the system to automatically adapt to valid process/parameter changes and significantly reduce the chances of false alarms and warnings. The developed system provides manufacturing plants with a tool to analyze machine tools and their associated components in an effort to gather information they can use effectively to make decisions regarding flexible machines, processes and tooling. INTRODUCTION Automotive manufacturing plants are increasingly moving towards flexible/agile manufacturing systems consisting of multi-tool CNC machining centers operating at high speeds and with varying process parameters. Spindles and slides are critical components of CNC machines and their performance directly contributes to the up-time and reliability of the machining processes. Additionally, spindle and slide failures are not only key contributors to machine downtime in production, but also have a great impact on part quality

Childhood aggression and the co-occurrence of behavioural and emotional problems

Childhood aggression and its resulting consequences inflict a huge burden on affected children, their relatives, teachers, peers and society as a whole. Aggression during childhood rarely occurs in isolation and is correlated with other symptoms of childhood psychopathology. In this paper, we aim to describe and improve the understanding of the co-occurrence of aggression with other forms of childhood psychop

Genome-wide association of major depression: description of samples for the GAIN Major Depressive Disorder Study: NTR and NESDA biobank projects.

To identify the genomic regions that confer risk and protection for major depressive disorder (MDD) in humans, large-scale studies are needed. Such studies should collect multiple phenotypes, DNA, and ideally, biological material that allows gene expression analysis, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies. In this paper, we briefly review linkage studies of MDD and then describe the large-scale nationwide biological sample collection in Dutch twin families from the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) and in participants in the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). Within these studies, 1862 participants with a diagnosis of MDD and 1857 controls at low liability for MDD have been selected for genome-wide genotyping by the US Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Genetic Association Information Network. Stage 1 genome-wide association results are scheduled to be accessible before the end of 2007. Genome-wide association results are open-access and can be viewed at the dbGAP web portal (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). Approved users can download the genotype and phenotype data, which have been made available as of 9 October 2007

An introduction to Takahishi's "Is MPD really rare in Japan?"

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The phenomenology and treatment of extremely complex multiple personality disorder

p. 047-058Contemporary reports indicated that the average number of personalities in recently reported patients with multiple personality disorder (MPD) is larger than that reported in the older literature. A minority of these recent patients demonstrate extreme complexity. A group of 26 patients with 26 or more personalities and under observation for a minimum of three years was studied. Their presentations, the reasons that appeared to underlie their complexity, and their courses of treatment are reviewed. Findings indicate that this group of patients is diverse, with some proving readily treatable, and others proving quite refractory. Observations that appear constructive for the treatment of such patients are offered. The concept of personality is discussed and an alternative description is explored. The usefulness of the paradigms and metaphors of splitting and division as heuristics for the understanding of MPD is challenged, and a paradigm/metaphor of redoubling and reconfiguration is offered for further study

Catching up with ourselves

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The darker side of dissociation

p. 125-12