Ronald Comer: A Brief Summary

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A question was presented by Ronald Comer in Chapter 5, about a criminal with dissociative identity disorder and what is appropriate as a verdict if one of the other identities commits a crime, I think it would depend on the severity of the crime (2013). I have not actually heard a case of this happening. I do think that with the increase of recent cases of this disorder could be iatrogenic, meaning that the identities may have been produced by their health practitioners through suggestion. For example, there are investigators that believe that the individual’s own therapist might question the individual or even suggest the existence of other personalities. In turn, to please the therapist, the individual might think they have another personality

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