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The role of the term schizophrenia in the decline of diagnoses of multiple personality.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7004385     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The syndrome of multiple (dissociated) personality fell into disrepute around 1910. This has been attributed to loss of interest in hypnosis; psychiatrists believed the syndrome resulted from hypnosis and that they were duped. However, around 1910 an important event occurred in psychiatry: Bleuler introduced the term "schizophrenia' to replace "dementia praecox.' This factor also played a role in the decline of recognition of the multiple personality syndrome, and many of these cases were diagnosed as schizophrenia. A review of Index Medicus from 1903 through 1978 shows a dramatic decline in the number of reports of multiple personality after the diagnosis of schizophrenia "caught on,' especially in the United States. A review of clinical reports indicates that many patients with multiple personality had been diagnosed and treated as schizophrenics.
Authors:
M Rosenbaum
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of general psychiatry     Volume:  37     ISSN:  0003-990X     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch. Gen. Psychiatry     Publication Date:  1980 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1981-02-24     Completed Date:  1981-02-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372435     Medline TA:  Arch Gen Psychiatry     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1383-5     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Hysteria / diagnosis
MEDLARS
Multiple Personality Disorder / diagnosis*
Schizophrenia / diagnosis*
Terminology as Topic*
Textbooks as Topic
United States

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