Dissociative Identity Disorder

DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER Dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder is one of the most mysterious and fascinating topics in Psychiatry that has attracted the attention of movie makers who have portrayed its unusual clinical manifestations in numerous films. A living being is identified by individually authentic characteristics such as behavior, attitude, temper, moral/ethical conduct, gesticulation, way of thinking, reasoning, viewing, relationships with others, religious orientation, eating habits, preferences, sexual orientation and so on. In Africa dissociation from one's authenticity is viewed as abnormal and interpreted as being possessed by an outside spirit. This painting shows an unusually large cephalic image that impartws the illusion of two conjoint faces expressing different personalities. mohamed osman physician & artist