Multiple personalities: the experts are split.

From: Insight on the News | Date: October 25, 1993| Author: Sileo, Chi Chi | Copyright information

Summary: The rising incidence of multiple personality disorder signifies a greater awareness of the disease, many mental health experts say, but others fear that zealous therapists are creating the illness in patients' minds.

It's one of the most fascinating of mental illnesses and a staple of horror novels: the notion that an alien personality can take over one's body. The number of reported cases of multiple personality disorder, or MPD, has risen dramatically in the p...

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