Authors: Carol S. North, Jo-Ellyn M. Ryall, Richard D. Wetzel, Daniel A. Ricci
The existence and characteristics of
multiple personality disorder (MPD) have been debated from the time of the first
case reports in the 19th century. The dispute has never been resolved, and MPD has become the most controversial syndrome known to mental health professionals. Currently, verylittle balanced academic material on this disorder is available, and much of the literature aims to disprove its existence as a psychiatric disorder. In the past, general understanding of MPD was guided largely by this medical literature, but in recent decades the disorder has been widely exposed toboth professionals and the public through the
mass media.This timely work examines MPD from an empirical…
