Multiplicity (psychology)

Multiplicity or plurality is the psychological phenomenon in which a body can display multiple distinct personas.[1] This phenomenon can feature in identity disturbance, dissociative identity disorder, and other specified dissociative disorders, among other things. Some individuals describe their experience of multiplicity as a form of neurodiversity, rather than something that demands a diagnosis.[1][2] Since 1994, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) no longer refers to it as "multiple personality disorder", favoring other terms.[3]

See also

References
  1. Ribáry, Gergő; Lajtai, László; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Maraz, Aniko (2017-06-13). "Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves". Frontiers in Psychology. 8: 938. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00938. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 5468408. PMID 28659840.
  2. Telfer, Tori (2015-05-11). "Are Multiple Personalities Always a Disorder?". Vice. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. traumadissociation.com (2015-07-03). "Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Further reading
  • Ian Hacking (2000). What's Normal?: Narratives of Mental & Emotional Disorders. Kent State University Press. pp. 39–54. ISBN 9780873386531.
  • Jennifer Radden (2011). "Multiple Selves". The Oxford Handbook of the Self. Oxford Handbooks Online. pp. 547 et seq. ISBN 9780199548019.


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