Madness and Misdiagnosis: Literary critics and psychiatrists confuse Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality) with Schizophrenia.

In novels and literary theory, the term “madness” often confuses multiple personality (not a psychosis) with psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. The same diagnostic mistake is made by most psychiatrists. Search “literary madness” and “mental status exam” in this blog.

If you are interested in reading a psychiatric article on how some of the symptoms of multiple personality and schizophrenia are superficially, misleadingly similar, click the following link and download the article:

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-008-0036-z