“The Housemaid” (post 2) by Freida McFadden: Wrong medication implies a psychiatrist’s misdiagnosis

Mrs. Winchester’s medicine cabinet has haloperidol (1, p. 66), an antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and acute psychosis (1, p. 67), but NOT used to treat multiple personality.

Comment: Multiple personality—a.k.a. dissociative identity disorder—is NOT a psychosis and is often misdiagnosed. It’s treatment is a specialized form of psychotherapy that is specifically designed for it.

1. Freida McFadden. The Housemaid. New York, Grand Central/Hachette, 2022.