title: Identity diffusion presenting as multiple personality disorder in a female psychopath.
abstract: A female psychopath presented multiple forms of psychopathology, including features of 'multiple personality disorder'. It is proposed that a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, or the psychodynamic features of borderline personality organisation, should be the exclusion criteria for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Interim Secure Unit, Hackney Hospital, London.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bruce-Jones
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005391:Firesetting Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D010553:Personality Development; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012649:Self Concept