Otto Von Kernberg included MPD in his theory of Borderline Personality Organization
creating a big category of people he believes that have poor sense of self. I would
rather take object relational theory and use it to show how a mind can form/contain
objects that happen to be people in their own right defining themselves against each
other and against their experiences in the world.

I would agree witht the study that BPD should be included in an impulse control problem
category and i would say that any impulse control problem is highly indicative of head
injury. We had moderatly bad impulse control problems until we were put on an
anticonvulsant. The severe impulse control problems have been fairly well linked in my
case to a nasty bike accident where i was knocked out and recieved 2 blows one of which
put dents in my helmet.

Personally i would argue that most people have a degree of multiplicity in themselves
but it never gets to the point that it is noticed and in people with a GREAT deal of
multiplicity in themselves it is not noticed until they get sick for some reason and
the multiplicity is blamed.

--- miri of mtribe