Multiple personality disorder: older term for dissociative identity disorder.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Multiple personality disorder: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Multiple personality disorder:
Multiple personality disorder: Type of or association with medical condition Personality disorders.
»Introduction: Personality disorders
Multiple personality disorder: Multiple personality disorder is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Personality disorders (medical condition): A group of psychiatric disorders that are characterised but abnormal dysfunctional personalities
Personality disorders (medical condition): A group of mental conditions characterized by abnormal experiences or behaviour with respect to thinking, mood, personal relations and impulse control. People with personality disorders have a long-term history of behaviors and experiences that don't conform to the expectations of their culture or society. The behaviour of sufferers can cause them stress or reduced ability with respect to their personal, social and working life. Examples of personality disorders include avoidant personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
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