How common is multiple personality disorder? (MPD) ?!

Dissociative disorders are not common psychiatric illnesses but are not rare. Few good epidemiological studies have been performed some estimate 1 per 10,000 in the population but higher proportions are reported among psychiatric populations between

0.5% and 2%. A sharp rise in reported cases may be attributed to greater awareness of the diagnosis and misdiagnosis of DID as schizophrenia or borderline personality disorder. Some experts attribute possible under diagnosis to family disavowal of sexual and physical abuse. However, there has been controversy about possible over diagnosis of the syndrome as well. Individuals who most commonly have the disorder are highly hypnotizable and therefore especially sensitive to suggestion or cultural influences.

Some studies show that women make up the majority of these cases 90% or more. Both in the United States and in non Western Countries the most common dissociative disorder diagnosis falls into the

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