multiple personality disorder
Americannoun
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Bianchi did so under hypnosis, and convinced more than one psychiatrist that he suffered from multiple personality disorder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
Dr. Braun gained renown in the early 1980s as an expert in two of the most popular and controversial areas of psychiatric treatment: repressed memories and multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity disorder.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
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
Mr. Walker also has been open about his past struggles and diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder, which was previously known as multiple personality disorder.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 4, 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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