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Multiple Personality Disorder Following Childbirth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. M. O'Dwyer  and
T. Friedman
J. M. O'Dwyer
Affiliation:
Meanwood Park Hospital, Tongue Lane, Leeds LS6 4QB
T. Friedman*
Affiliation:
Mental Illness Unit, General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A case of multiple personality disorder is described as a coping mechanism protecting the patient from the abuse to which she was subjected throughout her life. The multiple personalities became more prominent following the birth of a severely handicapped child.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 6 , June 1993 , pp. 831 - 833
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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