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Multiple personality disorder

MedGen UID:
44520
Concept ID:
C0026773
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Disorder, Dissociative Identity; Disorder, Multiple Identity; Disorder, Multiple Personality; Dissociative Identity Disorder; Identity Disorder, Dissociative; Identity Disorder, Multiple; Multiple Identity Disorder; Multiple Identity Disorders; Multiple Personalities; Multiple Personality; Multiple Personality Disorder; Multiple Personality Disorders; Personalities, Multiple; Personality Disorder, Multiple; Personality Disorders, Multiple; Personality, Multiple
SNOMED CT: Multiple personality disorder (31611000); Dissociative identity disorder (31611000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001159

Definition

A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more identities with distinct patterns of perception and personality which recurrently take control of the person''s behavior; this is accompanied by a retrospective gap in memory of important personal information that far exceeds ordinary forgetfulness. The changes in identity are not due to substance use or to a general medical condition. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMultiple personality disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nakdimen KA
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Nakdimen KA
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ross CA, Dua V
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Ross CA
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Neurology 1989 Jun;39(6):835-40. doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.6.835. PMID: 2725878
Coons PM, Sterne AL
Psychol Rep 1986 Feb;58(1):43-9. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.43. PMID: 3961080

Diagnosis

Scott CL, Salem AM, Tindell WW, Neely HK, Blum AW
Behav Sci Law 2023 Sep-Oct;41(5):397-414. Epub 2023 Apr 3 doi: 10.1002/bsl.2622. PMID: 37010094
Kihlstrom JF
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2005;1:227-53. doi: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.1.102803.143925. PMID: 17716088
Thomasma DC
Theor Med Bioeth 2000;21(3):235-60. doi: 10.1023/a:1009999722688. PMID: 11073172
McAllister MM
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2000 Jan;7(1):25-33. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00259.x. PMID: 11022508
Coté I
Hosp Community Psychiatry 1994 Aug;45(8):827-9. doi: 10.1176/ps.45.8.827. PMID: 7982703

Therapy

Bob P
Am J Psychother 2004;58(2):139-49. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.2.139. PMID: 15373277
Reinders AA, Nijenhuis ER, Paans AM, Korf J, Willemsen AT, den Boer JA
Neuroimage 2003 Dec;20(4):2119-25. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.08.021. PMID: 14683715
Modestin J
Am J Psychiatry 1992 Jan;149(1):88-92. doi: 10.1176/ajp.149.1.88. PMID: 1728191
Loewenstein RJ
Psychiatr Clin North Am 1991 Sep;14(3):721-40. PMID: 1946032
Ross CA, Norton GR
Hosp Community Psychiatry 1989 Feb;40(2):186-8. doi: 10.1176/ps.40.2.186. PMID: 2914673

Prognosis

Piper A Jr
Am J Psychother 1994 Summer;48(3):392-400. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.392. PMID: 7992870
Coté I
Hosp Community Psychiatry 1994 Aug;45(8):827-9. doi: 10.1176/ps.45.8.827. PMID: 7982703
Ross CA, Anderson G, Fleisher WP, Norton GR
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1992 Sep;14(5):350-4. doi: 10.1016/0163-8343(92)90071-h. PMID: 1521791
Ross CA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 1991 Sep;14(3):503-17. PMID: 1946021
Coons PM, Sterne AL
Psychol Rep 1986 Feb;58(1):43-9. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.43. PMID: 3961080

Clinical prediction guides

Classen C, Koopman C, Spiegel D
Bull Menninger Clin 1993 Spring;57(2):178-94. PMID: 8508155
Ross CA, Anderson G, Fleisher WP, Norton GR
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1992 Sep;14(5):350-4. doi: 10.1016/0163-8343(92)90071-h. PMID: 1521791
Devinsky O, Putnam F, Grafman J, Bromfield E, Theodore WH
Neurology 1989 Jun;39(6):835-40. doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.6.835. PMID: 2725878
Kluft RP
Am J Clin Hypn 1986 Jan;28(3):147-56. doi: 10.1080/00029157.1986.10402645. PMID: 3946284
Putnam FW
Psychiatr Clin North Am 1984 Mar;7(1):31-9. PMID: 6371727

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