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| | Multiple personality disorder |
 | | Multiple personality disorder, or MPD, is a mental disturbance classified as one of the dissociative disorders in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). |
 | | Unlike depression or anxiety disorders, which have been recognized, in some form, for centuries, the earliest cases of persons reporting DID symptoms were not recorded until the 1790s. |
 | | In women, the primary personality is often timid and passive, and may be diagnosed as depressed. |
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