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multiple personality disorder

NOUN
disorder involving two or more distinct personalities
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Within just a few years, however, multiple personality disorder was renamed dissociative identity disorder, a change that was “more than an act of diagnostic housecleaning,” he wrote.

From New York Times • May 28, 2023

A former pastor, Mungadze has held a counselor’s license in Texas for over three decades and offers himself as an expert in treating dissociative identity disorder, which was once known as multiple personality disorder.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2022

Much of the first two episodes of the docuseries focus on questioning whether Milligan's multiple personality disorder is real, implying the existence of personality disorders is somehow still up for debate in 2021.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2021

In 1978, Billy Milligan became the first person in U.S. history to cite multiple personality disorder in an insanity defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Her fondness for transformation began at an early age and has developed into something closely resembling a multiple personality disorder.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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