Her name is Alice, at least that is the name I’m using in this blog. I have known her since 1966. She was 16. I didn’t know much about multiple personalities at that time nor was I sure I wanted to ...

I once met a man who believed he had another person, a soul, living inside of him. It brought him comfort—a psychological construct. I didn’t take it literally, but I took it seriously. I once ...

No cluster D of personality disorders is currently featured in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, text revision (DSM-5-TR). Only clusters A, B, and C are ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

Different neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ...

Cluster C personality disorders are a group of mental health conditions that cause intense fearfulness, insecurity, or perfectionism. The symptoms are long-term and impact many aspects of life.

SALT LAKE CITY -- If a murder trial ever takes place in the Ethan Stacy case, it's possible the defense could be based on mental illness issues. For Nathan Sloop, there may be a claim that he suffers ...

Cameron West's eyes go somewhere else for a moment. He's sitting beside his wife of 45 years, Rikki, in the middle of a conversation about a morning more than 30 years ago. She opened a closet door in ...

Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One of them told of childhood abuse. By Richard Sandomir Robert B. Oxnam, an ...

The story of Sybil, a young woman who was horrifically abused by her mother as a child, resulting in the creation of multiple personalities, caught the world by storm. Sybil was a bestselling book in ...

The tale of Sybil, a young woman who endured terrible abuse at the hands of her mother during childhood, leading to the development of multiple personalities, captivated audiences worldwide. Sybil ...