Identity Diffusion Presenting as Multiple Personality Disorder in a Female Psychopath

1992 ◽  
Vol 160 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Bruce-Jones ◽  
Jeremy Coid
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Multiple Personality Disorder ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Multiple Personality ◽  
Identity Diffusion

A female psychopath presented multiple forms of psychopathology, including features of ‘multiple personality disorder’. It is proposed that a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, or the psychodynamic features of borderline personality organisation, should be the exclusion criteria for this condition.British Journal of Psychiatry (1992), 160, 541–544

Multiple Personality and Borderline Personality Disorder

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. Clary ◽  
Kenneth J. Burstin ◽  
John S. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Multiple Personality

Differential Diagnosis of the Multiple Personality

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1187-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Solomon ◽  
Vicki Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Dissociative Disorders ◽  
Multiple Personality

The diagnosis of multiple personality is difficult and complicated. The differential diagnosis includes temporal lobe epilepsy, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, malingering, and other dissociative disorders. Psychometric research is needed to sharpen detection of multiple personality.

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