Fill in the blank. ________ disorder was formerly called multiple personality disorder.
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_____ disorder was formerly called multiple personality disorder.
Background of Multiple Personality Disorder:
It is believed that an American doctor called Morton Prince was the first to refer to this disorder as multiple personality disorder. In the early 1900s, he published The Dissociation of Personality in which he described his examination of a patient called Miss Beauchamp who had at least three additional personalities.
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Psychology Case Study: Dissociative Identity Disorder Case of Billy Milligan
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Chapter 10 / Lesson 15Explore the multiple personality disorder story of Billy Milligan. Understand the significance of this dissociative identity disorder case to psychology.
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