Four Cases of Supposed Multiple Personality Disorder: Evidence of Unjustified Diagnoses
- 1 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 38 (4) , 245-247
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674379303800403
Abstract
Four cases are presented in which an unjustified diagnosis of multiple personality disorder was made. These cases are used to illustrate the concern that some cases of multiple personality disorder may be the result of misdiagnosis by both patients and clinicians.Keywords
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