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| Dissociative identity disorder | |
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| File:Dissociative identity disorder.jpg An artist's interpretation of one person with multiple "dissociated personality states." | |
| ICD-9 | 300.14 |
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), is a mental disorder. It was called multiple personality disorder (MPD). It is listed in the mental health diagnosis manual DSM IV.
This is one of the most controversial mental disorders because people disagree about what causes it. The main symptoms of DID are a person showing two or more "identities" or "personality states". The person behaves differently depending which identity is in control. The second important symptom is when a person forgets important, personal things which people normally do not forget.
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