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'Me, Myself' an eyesore for mental health professionals
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As I laughed until my gut ached watching the new Jim Carrey flick
"Me, Myself & Irene," my movie companion sat quietly beside me
without giving as much as a snicker.
"I was offended on many levels," Sandra Knight said afterward.
Knight, a local clinical psychologist, took offense at the film's
sexism and racism, but mostly she was disturbed by the film's
distorted depiction of split-personality disorders.
She has treated many patients with multiple personalities (it's
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New comedy is no laughing matter for those with disorder.(The Gazette (Colorado Springs))
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; ... portrayal of the disorder. The National Mental Health Association has officially protested Me, Myself & Irene, issuing a news release that not only criticizes the film, but Hollywood's poor history in dealing fairly with mental illness. Some of those ...
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New novel explores mystery psychiatric condition.(Book Review)
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; M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new novel explores one of the most mysterious psychiatric illnesses, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a condition that can be caused by severe and extreme childhood trauma. 'Fragments' by Tessa Jones tells the story of Corrie, a woman who
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Essay review: multiplying the multiplicity: are dissociative identity disorders 'real'?
British Journal of Psychology
; Psychiatric diagnoses change. This is obvious to anybody who compares different editions of the Diagnostic and statistical manual: Mental disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association. Multiple personality was recognized in DSM III-R under its traditional name 'multiple personality
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CHARGE DROPPED AGAINST ILL WOMAN'S NEIGHBOR WOMAN WITH MANY PERSONALITIES WANTS TO KEEP HIM AWAY
Roanoke Times & World News
; The case against a man charged by a Roanoke woman who has multiple personalities was dropped in court Monday. Sharon Simmons, a 54-year-old Southeast Roanoke woman with dissociative identity disorder, charged her neighbor, Shanon Watson, with assault and battery after Watson allegedly came onto her
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Re: The Persistence of Folly: A Critical Examination of Dissociative Identity Disorder/Reply: The Persistence of Folly: A Critical Examination of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
; Dear Editor: This letter is in reply to Dr Piper's and Dr Merskey 's 2 papers on the "folly" of the concept of dissociative identity disorder (DID) (1,2). Psychiatrists are, of course, entitled to their opinions about any disorder; however, the prominence given these 2 papers may create the
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