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 ...

DO YOU EVER zone out while tackling a boring task? Take your mind elsewhere to power through a difficult workout? Or, have you ever driven home safely without any recollection of how you got there? If ...

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood conditions in psychology. Characterized by the presence of two or ...

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it. Credit...Illustration by Moonassi Supported by By Maggie Jones Maggie Jones ...

Sydney Hegele, the author of The Pump, recently published a clear-eyed essay about falling in love after their diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder (DID), still widely known by its former ...