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[edit] Comorbidity
Multiple identity disorder frequently co-occurs with other psychiatric diagnoses, such as anxiety disorders (especially post-traumatic stress disorder-PTSD), mood disorders, somatoform disorders, eating disorders, as well as sleep problems and sexual dysfunction.[49] The symptoms of the disorder have a considerable overlap with borderline personality disorder.[49]
[edit] History
One of ten photogravure portraits of Louis Vivé published in Variations de la personnalité by Bourru and Burot.
In Greek mythology, the god Janus who was also a King of Latium was described as having "two-faces", but primarily, before the 19th century, people exhibiting symptoms similar to those were believed to be possessed.[49]
An intense interest in spiritualism, parapsychology, and hypnosis continued throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries,[8] running in parallel with John Locke's views that there was an association of ideas requiring the coexistence of feelings with awareness of the feelings.[63] Hypnosis, which was pioneered in the late 18th century by Franz Mesmer and Armand-Marie Jacques de Chastenet, Marques de Puységur, challenged Locke's association of ideas. Hypnotists reported what they thought were second personalities emerging during hypnosis and wondered how two minds could coexist.[8]
The 19th century saw a number of reported cases of multiple personalities which Rieber[63] estimated would be close to 100. Epilepsy was seen as a factor in some cases,[63] and discussion of this connection continues into the present era.[15][18]
By the late 19th century there was a general acceptance that emotionally traumatic experiences could cause long-term disorders which may manifest with a variety of symptoms.[64] These conversion disorders were found to occur in even the most resilient individuals, but with profound effect in someone with emotional instability like Louis Vivé (1863-?) who suffered a traumatic experience as a 13 year-old when he...