Multiple personality
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Multiple personality
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088368
- info:lc/authorities/sh85088368
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85088368#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Alternating personality
- Consciousness, Multiple
- DID (Personality disorder)
- Dissociated personality
- Dissociative identity disorder
- Double consciousness
- Double personality
- Dual personality
- MPD (Personality disorder)
- Multiple consciousness
- Multiple identity disorder
- Multiple personalities
- Multiple personality disorder
- Personality, Multiple
- Split personality
Broader Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Kaplan, H. Clinical psychiatry, 1989: index (multiple personality), p. 197 (multiple personality disorder; MPD)
- found: Inter. dict. med. biol.: p. 2148 (multiple personality. Also called alternating personality, dissociated personality, split personality, double personality, dual personality)
- found: DSM IV (Dissociative identity disorder)
- found: MESH browser, July 10, 2006 (Multiple Personality Disorder. Entry terms: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dual Personality, Multiple Identity Disorder, Multiple Personalities. Scope note: A dissociative disorder in which the individual adopts two or more distinct personalities. Each personality is a fully integrated and complex unit with memories, behavior patterns, and social friendships. Transition from one personality to another is sudden.)
- found: The bifurcation of the self, c2006: p. xi (Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), now known as Dissociative Identity disorder (DID))
LC Classification
- RA1152.M84
- RC569.5.M8
Change Notes
- 2006-07-10: new
- 2006-12-05: revised
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