Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

How the American Psychiatric Association defines and diagnoses the disorder. — -- There are two components of Gender Identity Disorder, both of which must be present to make the diagnosis. There ...

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood conditions in psychology. Characterized by the presence of two or ...

AnnaLynne McCord has gone public with her dissociative identity disorder (DID) diagnosis, hoping that her celebrity status can shed some light on the disorder and help to fight the stigma of shame ...

Dear Dr. Roach: What is dissociative identity disorder? There are a lot of movies and TV shows about it. — Anon. Dear Anon.: Most people will be more familiar with dissociative identity disorder’s ...

Rami Malek’s Elliot Alderson on Mr. Robot suffers dissociative identity disorder. Pic credit: USA Network Last night’s two-part Mr. Robot series finale took viewers on a tour of Elliot Alderson’s ...