Friday, November 13th, 2009

Two Personalities, One Brain?

Once, there was 'Sybil,' and 'The Three Faces of Eve.' Now, there's the Showtime series 'The United States of Tara.' In this segment, we'll talk about the condition "dissociative identity disorder," also known as "multiple personality disorder." Can one brain truly house multiple, unconnected personalities?

Guests

Kathy Steele
Psychotherapist, Clinical Nurse Specialist
President, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
Clinical Director, Metropolitan Counseling Services
Atlanta, Georgia

Numan Gharaibeh
Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry
Danbury Hospital
Danbury, Connecticut

Related Links

• NAMI: Dissociative Identity Disorder
• NYTimes: The Four (at Least) Faces of Tara
• The Skeptic's Dictionary: multiple personality disorder
• WebMD: Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

Segment produced by:Annette Heist

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