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DSM-IV & DSM-IV-TR:

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Patients with this Dissociative Disorder suffer from alternation of two or more distinct personality states with impaired recall among personality states of important information.

Diagnostic criteria for 300.14 Dissociative Identity Disorder
(cautionary statement)

A. The presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (each with its own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self).

B. At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior.

C. Inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.

D. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., blackouts or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication) or a general medical condition (e.g., complex partial seizures). Note: In children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.

Also: multiple personality, MPD, DID, split personality

International Society for the Study of Dissociation

Practice Guidelines

Books and Other Media:
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For Professionals

Acocella, Joan Ross Creating Hysteria - Women and Multiple Personality Disorder Hardcover - December 1999
Crews, Frederick (Editor), et al The Memory Wars - Freud's Legacy in Dispute Hardcover 1995 | Paperback 1997
Hedges, Lawrence E. Remembering, Repeating, and Working Through Childhood Trauma - The Psychodynamics of Recovered Memories, Multiple Personality, Ritual Abuse, Incest, Hardcover - April 1995
Kluft, Richard P & Fine, Catherine G Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder Hardcover 1993
Piper, August, Jr Hoax and Reality - The Bizarre World of Multiple Personality Disorder Paperback 1997
Putnam, Frank W Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder (Foundations of Modern Psychiatry) Hardcover 1989
Ross, Colin A Dissociative Identity Disorder - Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of Multiple Personality (Wiley Series in General and Clinical Psychiatry) Hardcover 1996
Multiple Personality Disorder - Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment (Wiley Series in General and Clinical Psychiatry) Paperback 1989
Spanos, Nicholas P Multiple Identities & False Memories - A Sociocognitive Perspective Hardcover 1996
Spira, James L (Editor) & Yalom, Irvin D Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder Paperback 1996

For Non-professionals

Bass, Ellen & Davis, Laura The Courage to Heal - A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Audio Cassette 1989 | Paperback 1994
Davis, Laura The Courage to Heal Workbook - For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Paperback / Published 1990
Hacking, Ian Rewriting the Soul - Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory Hardcover 1995 | Paperback 1998

Literature & Film

Diehl, William Primal Fear Paperback 1996
Inside Jeremy Sisto 2001
Me, Myself & Irene VHS | DVD widescreen Jim Carrey, Renee Zellweger 2000
Primal Fear VHS | DVD 1996 A murderer fools even his attorney, played by Richard Gere, into thinking his crime was the product of his multiple personality disorder.
Schreiber, Flora Rheta Sybil Paperback 1995
Smith, Michelle, Pazder, Lawrence Michelle Remembers Paperback 1989
Thigpen, Corbett H & Cleckley, Hervey M The Three Faces of Eve Hardcover 1992
Three Faces of Eve VHS | DVD Joan Woodward, Lee J. Cobb 1957

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