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Richard Kluft is in some ways the scientific architect of the Satanic Panic. His early clinical interest was in hypnosis, and he was writing on its use in the treatment of multiple personality disorder (MPD) already in In , he founded the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD; then the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality) with seven colleagues.

Kluft’s writing during the s was prolific and focused almost exclusively on MPD, later rebranded as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). He also served as a consultant to “several hundred colleagues working with patients suffering [MPD] over the 15 year period ” His writing, editorial work, consulting work, and role in the ISSTD's annual conferences place him among the most dominant forces spreading the MPD message to the larger therapeutic community in the s.

He also helped produce the videotape "Ritual Child Abuse: A Professional Overview" for Cavalcade Pro