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law and courts
law and society
psychology and law
forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
Preferred term
dissociative identity disorder
Definition
- Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple-personality disorder, is one of the more controversial diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fourth edition; DSM-IV), with there being considerable disagreement over the validity and etiology of the disorder. Amnesia between identities is central to a diagnosis of DID. While explicit memory tests often result in amnesic responding in DID patients, more objective memory tests often fail to corroborate selfreports of amnesia between identities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Dissociative Identity Disorder]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/dissociative_identity_disorder
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