Multiple Personality Disorder
Macee Hartt, 10/13/2015, Health- 6th
What is Multiple Personality Disorder?
a rare disorder in which two or more personalities with distinct memories and behavior patterns apparently exist in one individual personality. Some psychologists and psychiatrists believe that instances of demon possession recorded over the centuries may have really been MPD, but the first complete account of a patient with multiple personality disorder was written in 1865.
The Causes
The top causes for multiple personality disorder is some type of severe abuse. Emotional, sexual, physical, and/or verbal.
Symptoms/Treatment
common symptoms for multiple personality disorder are impulsive, self- destructive behavior, self harm, mood swings, amnesia, blackout, altered conscious, depression, and anxiety. The most used treatment for MPD is therapy.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
www2.nami.org
703-524-7600
Alternatives- Community life for people with disabilities
www.alternativsnet.org
508-234-6232
"Why be yourself when there is three to chose from."
Gollum