Multiple personality cases grow Mental health experts debate cause of increase From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: February 12, 1997| Author: MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Copyright 1997 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Reports of multiple personality disorder have surged in the past 10 years, and psychiatrists hotly debate whether the increase is due to increased recognition of the malady or misdiagnosis in people highly susceptible to suggestion.

"No one knows for sure" what the true incidence is, said Jon Gudeman, a psychiatrist who is director of the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex.

Researchers in 1944 reported that only 76 cases had been identified in the previous 128 years, but f...

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