We have all experienced some degree of dissociation when engrossed watching a good movie or reading an un-putdownable book. However DID is a serious disorder where individuals do not know how to deal ...

Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

Dissociative identity disorder is mainly treated with talk therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps change negative ...

Multiple Personality Disorder is a mental health condition where a person experiences two or more distinct identities or personality states, each with its own way of viewing and understanding the ...

Her name is Alice, at least that is the name I’m using in this blog. I have known her since 1966. She was 16. I didn’t know much about multiple personalities at that time nor was I sure I wanted to ...

Comorbidity is when a person has more than one health condition at once. Researchers investigating the comorbidity of personality disorders have found people with certain disorders may have other ...

It's a heartbreaking story. Infants and young children who are not held, abused, neglected, or who do not have a stable caregiver sometimes grow into children and adolescents facing a specific set of ...

A Hunter Valley woman, diagnosed with what was once known as multiple-personality disorder, has been sworn in as different witnesses while giving evidence in a child sexual abuse trial. This article ...

Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One of them told of childhood abuse. By Richard Sandomir Robert B. Oxnam, an ...

Have you ever felt like there are different versions of you living inside your mind, each with its own thoughts, feelings, and even memories? This feeling can be more than just an expression of having ...