Dissociative Identity Disorder

Novelist, Eudora Welty has famously quoted, “The first act of insight is to throw away the labels.” Language is a system utilized for conveying understanding and communication. For humans to develop understanding, classifications, labels, categories, and so forth are often used.…

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a complex and controversial diagnosis. The history of DID is presented with a discussion of the competing theories about the causes of the disorder. Methods of diagnosis and treatment are presented. The purpose of this phenomenological stu…