Multiple Personality Disorder

Описание: Mind disorders is a channel for short videos on mental disorders and the symptoms of mental disorder. Dr Vijay Bhatia has been working in mental health for last 30 years and has experience in diagnosing and treating mental health disorders. These videos are designed to understand mental illness and identify symptoms in mental disorders. Multiple Personality Disorder. Dissociative [conversion] disorders. The common themes that are shared by dissociative or conversion disorders are a partial or complete loss of the normal integration between memories of the past, awareness of identity and immediate sensations, and control of bodily movements.
They are presumed to be psychogenic in origin, being associated closely in time with traumatic events, insoluble and intolerable problems or disturbed relationships.
Two or more distinct personalities exist within the individual, only one being evident at a time.
Each personalities has its own memories, preferences and behaviour patterns, and at some time (and recurrently) takes full control of the individual’s behaviour.
There is inability to recall important personal information which is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
The symptoms are not due to organic mental disorders e.g. epilepsy or to psychoactive substance use e.g. intoxication or withdrawal.