A 35-year-old man had been hospitalized for the second time in one year, for major depression and withdrawal. Shortly after each hospitalization, the depression seemed to lift, and it was thought that even without medication, these hospitalizations tended to revitalize him. The second hospitalization was at a state mental institution.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kellerman, H. (2008). Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Case of “Split Personality”. In: The Psychoanalysis of Symptoms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72248-1_19
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72248-1_19
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-72247-4
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-72248-1
eBook Packages: Behavioral ScienceBehavioral Science and Psychology (R0)