I was just about to write of my experience when studying for my BSc and Masters in Psychology and I read your post. We too were discouraged from DID research and I had many a debate with lecturers who consistently claimed it as debunked or attributable to 'false memory syndrome'. However we had one lecturer who stood up for DID and had written books and papers in support - it was he who successfully dissuaded me from accepting what was then considered a prestigious post-grad placement with the Tavistock - and gave their involvement in mind control techniques as one of the many reasons. I'm glad he did. He was fired from his post at the end of the year. I know more now and have a fuller understanding as to why. I'm not sure if you're UK based but if you're not then it would lead to this debunking of DID as being a universal standard.
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I was just about to write of my experience when studying for my BSc and Masters in Psychology and I read your post. We too were discouraged from DID research and I had many a debate with lecturers who consistently claimed it as debunked or attributable to 'false memory syndrome'. However we had one lecturer who stood up for DID and had written books and papers in support - it was he who successfully dissuaded me from accepting what was then considered a prestigious post-grad placement with the Tavistock - and gave their involvement in mind control techniques as one of the many reasons. I'm glad he did. He was fired from his post at the end of the year. I know more now and have a fuller understanding as to why. I'm not sure if you're UK based but if you're not then it would lead to this debunking of DID as being a universal standard.