title: Multiple personality disorder and borderline personality disorder. Distinct entities or variations on a common theme?
abstract: We report data from a comparison of 14 subjects with multiple personality disorder (MPD) and 13 subjects with borderline personality disorder (BPD). There were few significant differences between the groups. The authors discuss the concept of MPD as an epiphenomenon of BPD, and argue their fundamental similarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lauer
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D009626:Terminology as Topic