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dissociative identity disorder

NOUN
disorder involving two or more distinct personalities
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Conditions like dissociative identity disorder may dictate multiple support animals, and the growth in pet psychologists portends a burgeoning trend of emotionally affected pets needing their own support animals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Dr. Braun gained renown in the early 1980s as an expert in two of the most popular and controversial areas of psychiatric treatment: repressed memories and multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity disorder.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Numerous studies have shown that invalidating childhood environments are hotbeds for the production of serious mental illness such as depression, eating disorders and even personality disorders like borderline personality disorder and dissociative identity disorder.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

Holland plays Danny Sullivan, a bullied teenager living with dissociative identity disorder while maintaining his innocence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

But the fascinating account of “Ella” by therapist and anthropologist Rebecca J. Lester explains how dissociative identity disorder can develop and manifest.

From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023




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