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Diagnostic Disputes

There are controversies and diagnostic disputes in research and media accounts regarding Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

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Jan 11, 2026

What assessment tools and interview methods best distinguish PDID from DID and borderline personality disorder?

A clear differential between dissociative identity presentations (DID) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) rests less on a single test and more on a multimodal, structured assessment strategy: v...

Jan 11, 2026

How do PDID symptoms differ from full dissociative identity disorder and other dissociative conditions?

Partial dissociative identity disorder (PDID or P‑DID) sits on the dissociative spectrum beneath full dissociative identity disorder (DID): it features identity disruption and multiple dissociative se...