Dissociative Identity Disorder, (Multiple Personality Disorder) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

This book describes Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder), Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases A classic example of Dissociative Identity Disorder or Multiple Personality Disorder is the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886). While Dr Jekyll is a good kind doctor, his alternate personality Mr Hyde is a killer. Dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder, is a type of dissociative disorder caused by mental and physical trauma to a person. Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a rare disorder in which 2 or more distinct identities, or personality states, are manifest in a person and alternately take control. Some people depict this as an occurrence of possession. The person also develops memory loss that is too widespread to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. Dissociative identity disorder was termed multiple personality disorder up until 1994, when the name was changed to indicate a better understanding of the disorder. The disorder is featured by a fragmentation or splintering of identity, rather than by a creation or growth of separate personalities. The symptoms of DID cannot be clarified as being the direct psychological effects of a substance or of a general medical disorder. DID indicates a failure to combine different aspects of identity, memory, and consciousness into a single multidimensional self. Normally, a primary identity takes the person's given name and is submissive, needy, accountable, and depressed. When in control, each personality state, or its alternate position, may be felt as if it has a distinct history, self-image and identity. The alternate state's characteristics such as name,…