Preferred Name

multiple personality disorder
Synonyms

dissociative identity disorder

Definitions

A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more identities with distinct patterns of perception and personality which recurrently take control of the person's behavior; this is accompanied by a retrospective gap in memory of important personal information that far exceeds ordinary forgetfulness. The changes in identity are not due to substance use or to a general medical condition.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0001159

altLabel

dissociative identity disorder

definition

A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more identities with distinct patterns of perception and personality which recurrently take control of the person's behavior; this is accompanied by a retrospective gap in memory of important personal information that far exceeds ordinary forgetfulness. The changes in identity are not due to substance use or to a general medical condition.

has_exact_synonym

dissociative identity disorder

label

multiple personality disorder

prefixIRI

MONDO:0001159

prefLabel

multiple personality disorder

textual definition

A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more identities with distinct patterns of perception and personality which recurrently take control of the person's behavior; this is accompanied by a retrospective gap in memory of important personal information that far exceeds ordinary forgetfulness. The changes in identity are not due to substance use or to a general medical condition.

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0001160

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