ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses that the reluctance stems from the disturbing link between dissociative identity disorder (DID) and the most extreme and sadistic forms of crime. It reflects the thoughts of a range of professionals who have worked with this group, as well as those of two people who have DID, about the forensic aspect of their experience. The book explores the difficulties in offering psychoanalytic psychotherapy in cases where the horrendous internal reality is inextricably linked with the patient's external reality. It looks at the phenomenon of mind control as one of the ways in which DID is deliberately produced. The book offers a description of twelve different types of mind control, from the simplest and conscious to the most complex and unconscious. It discusses methods for "undoing" the control over person's mind in an attempt to restore the capacity for thinking freely.
