The Chronicle: Richard Nixon, the Blue Devil: The making of the only Duke alumnus to become president of the United States
Richard Nixon, the Blue Devil: The making of the only Duke alumnus to become president of the United States
Editor’s note: This article is one in a five-part series looking back on the life of one of Duke’s most infamous alumni — Richard Nixon. Read the following installments recounting Nixon’s introduction ...
“Is it Goldstein again?” Richard Nixon demanded. In July of 1971, the president was infuriated that an unnamed official at the Bureau of Labor Statistics had seemed to downplay the administration’s ...
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a mental health condition where you have two or more interchangeable personalities. It’s usually the result of past trauma.
A sharp decline in cases followed, and the disorder was reclassified as "dissociative identity disorder" (DID) in DSM-IV. [7] In the 2020s, an uptick in DID cases followed the spread of viral videos about the disorder on TikTok and YouTube. [8]
If you have DID, you may find yourself doing things you wouldn't normally do, such as speeding, reckless driving, or stealing money from your employer or friend.
Studies that verify the presence of DID using multiple resources add credibility to the diagnosis. Research on individuals with DID that have little to no media exposure to information on the illness lends further credibility to the reliability of the existence of this mental health condition.
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is the disorder that was previously recognized as multiple personality disorder. It’s characterized by the presence of two or more dissociated self states, known as alters, that have the ability to take executive control and are associated with some degree of inter-identity amnesia.