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Multiple Personality

A Symptom of Psychiatric Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Thomas A. Fahy ,
Melanie Abas  and
Jeremy Christie Brown
Thomas A. Fahy*
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital
Melanie Abas
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital
Jeremy Christie Brown
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital
*
∗ Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 6AZ
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Abstract

A case is reported of a young woman presenting with symptoms of so-called multiple personality disorder. It is proposed that this condition should be viewed as a non-specific psychiatric symptom.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 99 - 101
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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