A dissociative disorder in which the individual adopts two or more distinct personalities. Each personality is a fully integrated and complex unit with memories, behavior patterns and social friendships. Transition from one personality to another is sudden.
    

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Sybil exposed : the extraordinary story behind the famous multiple personality case / Debbie Nathan.

Alter egos : multiple personalities / David Cohen.

The third person / Emma Grove.

Psychopath night.

Rewriting the soul : multiple personality and the sciences of memory / Ian Hacking.

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Sybil exposed : the extraordinary story behind the famous multiple personality case / Debbie Nathan.

Alter egos : multiple personalities / David Cohen.

The third person / Emma Grove.

Psychopath night.

Rewriting the soul : multiple personality and the sciences of memory / Ian Hacking.