How long have you been dealing with multiple personality disorder, Dr. Ashanti?” “For the past fifteen years.
In a patient with MPD, is there usually one alter who dominates?” “Yes.” Some of the jurors were making notes.
And is the host—the person who has those personalities within him or her—aware of the other alters?
It varies. Sometimes some of the alters know all the other alters, sometimes they know only some of them.
But the host is usually not aware of them, not until psychiatric treatment.” “That’s very interesting. Is MPD curable?
Often, yes. It requires psychiatric treatment over long periods. Sometimes up to six or seven years.
Have you ever been able to cure MPD patients?“Oh, yes.” “Thank you, Doctor.”
David turned to study the jury for a moment. Interested, but not convinced, he thought. He looked over at Mickey Brennan.
“Your witness.” Brennan rose and walked over to the witness box. “Dr. Ashanti, you testified that you flew here
all the way from New York because you wanted to be helpful?” “That’s correct.”
“Your coming here couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that this is a high-profile case
and that the publicity would be beneficial to—”
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