A split personality: the causes and effects of multiple personality disorders. Multiple personality disorder (also called dissociative identity disorder) is an abnormal psychological phenomenon that has baffled psychologists and psychiatrists. for years. It is a syndrome marked by the clear existence of two or more "personalities" (oridentities) in a single person, with each personality having distinct memories, behaviors, physical attributes and even a different gender from that of the parent. patient. Studies prove that multiple personality disorder is often associated with other psychiatric disorders, such as avoidant personality disorder, self-destructive disorder, borderline personality disorder, passive-aggressive personality disorder as well as schizotype personality disorder. The first known case of multiple personality was discovered in the early 1700s, although research reports an earlier account by Paracelsus, a Swiss alchemist, astrologer and physician, who wrote about a woman who suffered from amnesia and who had stolen his “alternate personality”. silver in 1646; but because medical research was not as advanced as it is today, doctors at the time did not understand what could cause someone to pass out for long or short periods of time and appear like “someone else”. Over the years, many people have been diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, whose cases have become famous, including Shirley Ardell Mason (better known as Sybil), Billy Milligan ("The Mind of Billy. ..... middle of paper ......those who are waiting to receive their Oscar or Emmy Award, no. They are poor individuals who have suffered so much physical and sexual trauma that they did not know how to deal with them. manage, so their minds created different personalities to help them cope with the pain and horrors that were inflicted on them. This begs the question: is multiple personality a real psychological disorder in the end? , there is no way of knowing what causes this abnormal psychological disorder, but psychologists and psychiatrists are constantly examining this area of psychology and making new discoveries every day to help those who are forced to live in it. the nightmare world known as multiple personality disorder and regaining their wholeness..

Essay / A split personality: the causes and effects of multiple personality disorders. Multiple personality disorder (also called dissociative identity disorder) is an abnormal psychological phenomenon that has baffled psychologists and psychiatrists. for years. It is a syndrome marked by the clear existence of two or more "personalities" (oridentities) in a single person, with each personality having distinct memories, behaviors, physical attributes and even a different gender from that of the parent. patient. Studies prove that multiple personality disorder is often associated with other psychiatric disorders, such as avoidant personality disorder, self-destructive disorder, borderline personality disorder, passive-aggressive personality disorder as well as schizotype personality disorder. The first known case of multiple personality was discovered in the early 1700s, although research reports an earlier account by Paracelsus, a Swiss alchemist, astrologer and physician, who wrote about a woman who suffered from amnesia and who had stolen his “alternate personality”. silver in 1646; but because medical research was not as advanced as it is today, doctors at the time did not understand what could cause someone to pass out for long or short periods of time and appear like “someone else”. Over the years, many people have been diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, whose cases have become famous, including Shirley Ardell Mason (better known as Sybil), Billy Milligan ("The Mind of Billy. ..... middle of paper ......those who are waiting to receive their Oscar or Emmy Award, no. They are poor individuals who have suffered so much physical and sexual trauma that they did not know how to deal with them. manage, so their minds created different personalities to help them cope with the pain and horrors that were inflicted on them. This begs the question: is multiple personality a real psychological disorder in the end? , there is no way of knowing what causes this abnormal psychological disorder, but psychologists and psychiatrists are constantly examining this area of psychology and making new discoveries every day to help those who are forced to live in it. the nightmare world known as multiple personality disorder and regaining their wholeness..

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