Interviews unmask multiple personalities. From: Science News | Date: May 19, 1990| Author: Stolzenburg, William | COPYRIGHT 1990 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Interviews unmask multiple personalities

In addressing the mysterious phenomenon of multiple personality, the psychiatric community assumes a split personality of its own. Some members hold fast to the traditional view that true multiple personality disorder (MPD) is extremely rare, and that the drastic increase in its diagnosis over the past decade largely reflects a U.S. fad fueled by movies such as "Sybil." Others see the disorder as a genuine affliction in need of gr...