Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

Myths about DID paint it as a rare, untreatable condition that involves extreme personality changes. In reality, people with DID switch identities because they don't have a single unified identity.

In psychiatry, there’s no more controversial diagnosis than dissociative identity disorder (DID), the disorder formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD). First appearing in the third ...

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

Dissociative identity disorder is mainly treated with talk therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps change negative ...

"There is nothing about my journey that I invite shame into anymore." "Nip/Tuck" alum AnnaLynne McCord is opening up about her mental health struggles. In an interview with “Good Morning America,” ...

We all dissociate. We plan our weddings while staring out at our backyards during breakfast. We get in our cars after a long day of work and somehow float home. We scroll through dozens of TikToks and ...

Dissociation is a common symptom in borderline personality disorder and is associated with an increased risk of suicidality ...

Watch Violent Minds: Killers on Tape on Peacock. Catch up on the Oxygen App. That’s the question Dr. Al Carlisle, a psychologist at Utah State Prison, sought out to answer when he began working with a ...