Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

The word "dissociation" has grown in popularity and become embedded in everyday language, but while the term has gained ...

Dissociation has made it into the meme hall of fame, appearing in innumerable posts about situations in which we might feel ...

In psychiatry, there’s no more controversial diagnosis than dissociative identity disorder (DID), the disorder formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD). First appearing in the third ...

Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a New York-based science journalist whose work has appeared in Health, Live Science, and Discover Magazine, among other publications. She holds a master's degree in psychology ...

Myths about DID paint it as a rare, untreatable condition that involves extreme personality changes. In reality, people with DID switch identities because they don't have a single unified identity.

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Dissociation is a common symptom in borderline personality disorder and is associated with an increased risk of suicidality ...