Module 23: Topic: Moods Disorders&Schizophrenia : Whatis the difference, if any, between Schizophrenia and Dissociative IdentityDisorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder)? Module25: Topic:...

What is the difference, if any, between Schizophrenia and Dissociative
Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder)?
Schizophrenia has some characteristic symptoms—delusions, hallucinations, disorganised
speech and behaviour, negative symptoms like flat affect—that differentiate it from other
disorders. The characteristics of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) are the presence of
multiple (2 or more) identities of personality traits that alternatingly take over the individual
and the individual is not able to recall information that is important (this being beyond
normal forgetfulness). In DID an individual will have completely different identities...