Dissociative Identity Disorders. Are Multiple Personalities Ever Lonely, or Can a Psychiatrist Charge Twice a Person with Dual Personality?
Jose Luis Perez Velazquez, Vera Nenadovic
Being and becoming 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78264-1_4 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Multiple personality Dissociative identity disorders Epilepsy Hallucinogens Self-awareness Consciousness |
| Key points | Argues that the formation of DID alters, each with independent thoughts, emotions, sense of self, memories, and behaviors, challenges unitary models of the self and consciousness. |
Abstract
The formation of DID “alters” is examined in the light of what these dissociative phenomena may say about the concepts of the self and consciousness. We will see that each alter is capable of independent thoughts, emotions, sense of self, memories and distinct ways of behaving.