Mulitple Personality Disorder

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is an affliction which affects an average of five to fifteen of all mentally ill patients and one percent of the population. MPD is a controversial subject, being disputed among many psychiatrists; some say it exists, and others say it is implemented by patients’ psychiatrists and is a cultural construct. MPD has now been changed to Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) in light of new professional understanding, which resulted largely in part from increased empirical research of trauma-based disorders. Eighty to one hundred percent of those diagnosed with DID also have a secondary diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a widely accepted mental illness which is estimated to affect nine to ten percent of the general population. It has been suggested that the suicide rate for people with trauma disorders is even higher than for those who suffer from major depression. Dissociative Identity Disorder is a direct result from ch...