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History of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

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The report aims at examining dissociative identity disorder which is a mental illness where a person suffers from split personality. This overview of multiple personality disorder (MPD) focuses on a few historical research threads which cover the last century (Rojo-Pantoja, Body and hysteria: dissociated body. In: Psychopathology in women, Springer, Cham, 295–313, 2019). The history reveals various strands of DID where people often confuse this disorder with sleepwalking, possession and hypnosis. The popularity of the book Sybil provided an outlook towards better diagnosis and treatment options for this disorder.

The report further evaluates more research about DID in twenty-first century, impact of social media on mental health, its prevalence and possible diagnosis and treatment methods.

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    Danial Hassan

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    Ian Hunter Rutkofsky

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Hassan, D. (2023). History of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). In: Tohid, H., Rutkofsky, I.H. (eds) Dissociative Identity Disorder. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39854-4_1

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