People with dissociative identity disorder have at least two distinctly different identities, but some believe as many as 100 can emerge. Switching is the process of shifting from one identity ...

The first documented case of what is now called dissociative identity disorder dates to 1584. In France , a 25-year-old Dominican nun, Jeanne Fery, displayed erratic behaviors, including violence ...

On a basic level, I’d like more people to know that dissociative identity disorder is real. It seems silly to be starting by supporting the validity of a disorder whose diagnostic criteria are ...

Defining DID DID is one of several dissociative disorders, all of which are a type of coping mechanism in which the person separates themselves from the abuse or trauma they have endured. For some ...

But not only did the public not know the real Herschel Walker, the athlete himself said he didn't either. In his just-released book "Breaking Free," Walker reveals he has a form o ...

Who can diagnose dissociative disorders? The types of dissociative disorders include: depersonalization-derealization disorder, dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder. A physician ...

As a clinical social worker licensed to diagnose and treat people with mental illness, I had to respond to Joan L. Roberts’s March 1 letter, “Keep junk science out of court,” about Virginia ...

In my opinion it depends on what we mean by "exists." Yes, dissociative identity disorder exists if by exists we mean there are people who complain of its symptoms and suffer its consequences.