One of my cousin is suffering from mpd multiple personality disorder is there any treatment available for it? she is 24yrs old suddenly she start shouting n her voice changes she use to say blah blah kind of things then after sometime she become normal later complain of heavy headache n neck-ache and she dont remember what happen to her? what exactly it is n how to cure it please suggest.

Dr. Saul PereiraPsychologist47yrs exp

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This is a very serious condition but can be treated with both counseling and medication. The therapy will need to be very intense and long term. The medical consultation may be intermittent but the one-to-one counseling will be very demanding on both the professional and the counselee and must be pursued until the end. Apart from this there has to be adequate family investment of time, patience, money, and energy; and all of this must be done with utmost love. The MPD identifies with several personalities, and each one not much aware of the other. There is however one over-ruling personality and if that is brought into focus and if that personality can trust or develop the trust with the therapist your cousin can work out a way of accepting and working with the other personalities for favorable outcomes. Believe me though this is really quite tedious and sapping. Both the family and the therapist must be quite dedicated till the end. There may be a lot of relapses but that is to be expected but no one is to give up because every inch of progress has to be somehow retained and preserved like gold. If there is any doubt regarding the family?s commitment, then you may have to put her in a rehabilitation center that has experience working with MPDs. 

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