Two —If the psychiatrist is not experienced but is willing to undertake such treatment and accept the conditions, he should be supervised by, or at least have ongoing consultation with, a colleague who has such experience and expertise.

Three —He should have available the techniques of hypnosis as an adjunct in therapy if it is needed. This is not a necessity but is highly desirable.

Four —He should have read significant literature on the subject and personally should have attended some form of continuing education in this regard.

Five —He should possess the quality of almost infinite patience as well as tolerance and perseverance. Treatment of such a case requires an ongoing commitment to what will surely be long, laborious, and difficult theraphy.

Some general principles of therapy that are now accepted by those who have treated multiples are as follows:

One —All of the personalities must be identified and recognized.

Two —The therapist must ascertain the reason for the existence of such personalities.

Three —The therapist must then be willing to do therapy with all of the personalities in an attempt to effect change.

Four —The therapist should focus on whatever positive qualities may be identified and attempt to bring about some sort of compromise among the alter personalities, especially those which may pose a threat to the self or others.

Five —The patient must become fully aware of the nature and extent of the problems and must be helped through therapy, to contribute to positive resolution. In other words, Counselor, the patient must become aware of the treatment process and not just be a passive recipient of the therapy.

Six —Antipsychotic medication should be avoided, since it has become fairly well known that it may produce fragmentation as well as other side effects detrimental to treatment.

These are but some of the issues involved in doing therapy with such cases. By no means is this a complete description of how one does such therapy.

The deposition went on to explore these criteria in depth. When Belinky suggested in cross-examination that Caul had referred to the conditions for treating multiple personality as optimal, Caul responded sharply: “No sir, I didn’t say that these were basically the optimal. I would even say that those are minimal. Counselor, I believe that should be the scene for openers in treating a multiple. Otherwise a person should leave them alone and not treat them.”

When Milligan was brought back from the hospital after lunch, he had changed his shirt. The writer suspected the Teacher was gone.

Goldsberry and Thompson called Dr. George Harding, Jr., to the stand. After he summarized his involvement in the Milligan case, Dr. Harding said he still felt Athens was the proper place for Billy’s treatment.

“Dr. Harding,” asked Belinky, in cross-examination, isn’t multiple personality very rare?”

“It is.”

“Aren’t we all different people inside?”

“The difference,” said Dr. Harding, “is the amnesia.” “How do you prove amnesia? Couldn’t it be faked?”

“We were very careful,” Harding said. “We made repeated explorations. We approached it skeptically. His amnesia was legitimate. He was not feigning.”