PARIS — The 2023 Encéphale Congress devoted a session to dissociative identity disorder (DID). It's a fascinating condition that has been depicted in countless movies and TV shows. And while it may be ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

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 ...

Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms - such as having an out-of-body experience, or feeling emotionally numb - that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the ...

Formerly known as multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a rare mental health condition. Learn more about risk factors, early symptoms, and when to consult with a ...

People are turning to social media to define dissociative disorders, but those portrayals aren’t always accurate. Here is a primer. By Christina Caron Have you ever zoned out? Maybe you have ...

Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals, Ben-Gurion University of the ...

Earlier this year, Dr. Matthew A. Robinson — a clinician and researcher at Harvard Medical School’s largest psychiatric facility, McLean Hospital — delivered a lecture to a room full of his peers. His ...

In a study of nearly 100 women, participants with certain dissociative symptoms had increased connections within some brain networks and decreased connections within others. The new findings shed ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, March 18, 2024 – Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Nirit Soffer-Dudek argues ...