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To: Greg or e who wrote (34755)	3/29/2013 7:55:17 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

"We all pity the two of you." Good luck with that. And enjoy this week-end where human sacrifice is put on a pedestal!! "Multiple Personality Disorder occurs when a child is abused at a young age and their personality splits into several alters to help them deal with the stress. It is very unclear what the necessary traits that a person needs in order to classify as MPD. Dissociative Identity Disorder is more representative of how professionals feel the disorder is. It is a response to stress, not necessarily child abuse, in which the patient reverts into a dreamlike state where more than one identity may appear. The patient is generally unaware of these other personalities and may not remember at all what has occurred during their laps in time. It is very apparent in the end why the name and classification needed to be changed. There are subtle differences between Multiple Personality Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder that help to correct the misconceptions surrounding MPD. Since this disorder is so widely publicized and criticized it is hard to keep a distinct definition to it. The major criticisms are that since Multiple Personality Disorder has been a popular one as early as the 1800's, there has been ample time for the classification of the disorder to be distorted. The other criticism is that since the disorder is under the public eye there are several clinicians and clients who try to feign the disorder. Because of this, there are many professionals who are skeptical about diagnosing MPD. The last criticism is that MPD is really something else. There have been instances where MPD should have been diagnosed as schizophrenia or borderline personality disorder and vise versa. The reclassification to Dissociative Identity Disorder seems to help reduce all of the problems that have arisen. Hopefully this classification will not alter with time and therefore keep criticism of it to a minimum." personalityresearch.org