title: Multiple personality disorder.
abstract: This paper presents a description of Multiple Personality Disorder--its development, etiology, and presentation. The paper stresses the criteria for diagnosis that can help professionals to identify individuals at an early stage. An overview of treatment approaches and indications for hospitalization, length of treatment, and goals are also explained.
authors.affiliation: Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011613:Psychotherapy