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Multiple personality

LC control no.sh 85088368
LC classificationRA1152.M84 Forensic psychiatry
RC569.5.M8 General
Topical headingMultiple personality
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Variant(s)Alternating personality
Consciousness, Multiple
DID (Personality disorder)
Dissociated personality
Dissociative identity disorder
Double consciousness
Double personality
Dual personality
MPD (Personality disorder)
Multiple consciousness
Multiple identity disorder
Multiple personalities
Multiple personality disorder
Personality, Multiple
Split personality
See alsoDissociative disorders
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Found inKaplan, H. Clinical psychiatry, 1989: index (multiple personality), p. 197 (multiple personality disorder; MPD)
Inter. dict. med. biol.: p. 2148 (multiple personality. Also called alternating personality, dissociated personality, split personality, double personality, dual personality)
DSM IV (Dissociative identity disorder)
MESH browser, July 10, 2006 (Multiple Personality Disorder. Entry terms: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dual Personality, Multiple Identity Disorder, Multiple Personalities. Scope note: 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.)
The bifurcation of the self, c2006: p. xi (Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), now known as Dissociative Identity disorder (DID))