What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
By Antonia Stanojević, BA, MA
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a complex and chronic psychological condition characterized by alterations of identities and disruptions in consciousness.
The prevalence of DID the general population is less than 1%. Although it is still often referred to as multiple personality disorder, it was re-classified in 1993 as dissociative identity disorder.
According to the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5), DID is classified as one of the dissociative disorders, alongside depersonalisation disorder, dissociative fugue, dissociative amnesia, and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified.
This cluster of disorders is characterized by disruptions in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the self and the environment.
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