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Multiple personality disorder: a risk indicator, diagnostic marker and psychiatric outcome for severe child abuse. 1991

B Y Whitman, and W Munkel

Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri.

Recent studies suggest that multiple personality disorder (MPD) is not as rare as previously believed. Indeed, it may represent a relatively common (as many as 25% of cases) outcome of severe physical and sexual abuse of children. Because diagnosis and treatment offer the best prognosis, it is important for the pediatric clinician to become familiar with both the at risk situations (such as cult practices and multigenerational sexual abuse) as well as the more unusual behavioral presentations of this disorder.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009105	Dissociative Identity Disorder	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.	Dual Personality,Multiple Personality Disorder,Multiple Identity Disorder,Multiple Personalities,Disorder, Dissociative Identity,Disorder, Multiple Identity,Disorder, Multiple Personality,Identity Disorder, Dissociative,Identity Disorder, Multiple,Multiple Identity Disorders,Multiple Personality,Multiple Personality Disorders,Personalities, Dual,Personalities, Multiple,Personality Disorder, Multiple,Personality Disorders, Multiple,Personality, Dual,Personality, Multiple
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002649	Child Abuse	Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)	Abuse Experiences, Childhood,Child Neglect,Child Neglect Experiences,Child Neglect, Physical,Childhood Abuse Experiences,Childhood Neglect Experiences,Neglect Experience, Childhood,Neglect Experiences, Childhood,Physical Neglect, Childhood,Child Maltreatment,Child Mistreatment,Abuse Experience, Childhood,Abuse, Child,Child Neglect Experience,Childhood Abuse Experience,Childhood Neglect Experience,Childhood Physical Neglect,Childhood Physical Neglects,Experience, Child Neglect,Experience, Childhood Abuse,Experience, Childhood Neglect,Maltreatment, Child,Mistreatment, Child,Neglect Experience, Child,Neglect, Child,Neglect, Childhood Physical,Neglect, Physical Child,Physical Child Neglect,Physical Child Neglects
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults