What Is Multiple Personality Disorder?
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
3. Is Multiple Personality Disorder the Same as Schizophrenia?
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) and schizophrenia are two distinct conditions that are in no way related to each other. Multiple personality disorder is its own distinct condition and a type of dissociative disorder with very different causes and manifestations than schizophrenia.
Rather than create new personalities, someone with schizophrenia may experience hallucinations, which can be visual or auditory. This mental health disorder can also lead to changes in perception, causing the individual to have maintained beliefs about life that are not true. There is often a strong biological or genetic factor that causes a person to develop schizophrenia.
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