title: Multiple personality and child abuse. An overview.
abstract: Childhood abuses take various forms including emotional and physical neglect, psychologic and physical brutalization, and sexual violation. This cogent overview outlines these abuses and demonstrates their genesis into multiple personality disorder.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011889:Rage; D012742:Sex Offenses