QUOTE(Misser @ Oct 19 2005, 03:08 PM)
I worked in the mental health field during the period in question in this lawsuit...Dr Powers worked at Philhaven during this period, and Philhaven was known then, and is still known today, as having various "pet diagnoses"...MPD was the flavor of the month at the time. It seemed that every patient transitioning from Philhaven hospital back into the community was diagnosed with it. Soon after that the pet diagnoses was ADD, followed by Bi-Polar Disorder.
Seems to me that if this woman's attorney was a little more on the ball, he would cast his line for a bigger fish than Dr. Powers, who was perhaps influenced by clinicians higher up the food chain.
Don't be suprised to see more litigation, perhaps of a class-action nature, in the future.
Interesting, Misser. My abnormal psych professor back in the mid-80s made it very clear that true MPD was very, very rare, despite what we'd believe from "Sybil" and "The Three Faces of Eve". A friend of mine who went on to become a clinical psychologist (married to a psychiatrist) worked with one person who, she truly believed, was a MPD case in the process of resolving herself into a single identity and a few others who were clearly mentally ill and thought they had MPD. (But if you only think you have it, are you any better off than someone who actually does?)
