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Abstract
A dissociative disorder in which the individual adopts two or more distinct personalities. Each personality is a fully integrated and complex unit with memories, behavior patterns and social friendships. Transition from one personality to another is sudden.
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18 entry terms
- Multiple Identity Disorder
- Multiple Personalities
- Multiple Personality Disorder
- Disorder, Dissociative Identity
- Disorder, Multiple Identity
- Disorder, Multiple Personality
- Identity Disorder, Dissociative
- Identity Disorder, Multiple
- Multiple Identity Disorders
- Multiple Personality
- Multiple Personality Disorders
- Personalities, Multiple
- Personality Disorder, Multiple
- Personality Disorders, Multiple
- Personality, Multiple
- Dual Personality
- Personalities, Dual
- Personality, Dual
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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2019(1968)
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WM 173.6
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dissociative Identity Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009105. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009105
- Dissociative Identity Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder
- Dissociative Identity Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18657