| The generally known Spilt Personality disorder is | | | | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| actually termed as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) | | | | (DSM), is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a |
| or Dissociative Identity Disorder(DID).Is getting very | | | | mental illness in which a single person displays multiple |
| common in the present time. Research shows that | | | | distinct identities or personalities, each with its own |
| the disorder is mostly found in U.S which 10% of the | | | | pattern of perceiving and interacting with the |
| population. The disorder is not new for us now as | | | | environment.A person may have a single alter ego or |
| most of us know about it due to several cases we | | | | as many as 100 different personalities which may or |
| came across with and through media also infact, the | | | | may not know each other. |
| historical reviews show that the problem was first | | | | |
| reported in early 19th century and was successfully | | | | The chief symptom of dissociative identity disorder |
| diagnosed in 1980 by the psychiatrists. | | | | (DID) is the presence of multiple personalities, each |
| | | | | of which controls the patient's behavior at one time. |
| The disorder occurs due to child trauma, | | | | Typically a patient's primary identity has the person's |
| overwhelming stress, dissociative capacity, including | | | | own given name and is passive, dependent, guilty and |
| the ability to uncouple one's memories, perceptions, | | | | depressed. Meanwhile, other personalities - or alters - |
| or identity from conscious awareness, the enlistment | | | | that surface at different times are more likely to be |
| of steps in normal developmental processes as | | | | hostile, controlling and self-destructive. The disorder |
| defenses, and, during childhood, the lack of sufficient | | | | has a wide range of reasons of occurrence and |
| nurturing and compassion in response to hurtful | | | | growth as well. The person suffering through the |
| experiences or lack of protection are some causes | | | | disorder behaves in unexpected manners when an |
| of the disorder development in the victims psychic. | | | | alter ego takes over. The range of symptoms is also |
| The reason for the growth of disorder particularly in | | | | quiet wide on the other hand. |
| North-America is Childhood Abuse! | | | | |
| | | | | To know more about the disorder visit my personal |
| Defined by The American Psychiatric Association's | | | | website. |