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Re: Schizophrenia vs. Multiple Personality Disorder
Posted By: Mousie, on host 199.107.4.10
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 1999, at 16:40:03
In Reply To: Re: Schizophrenia vs. Multiple Personality Disorder posted by Chris on Wednesday, August 4, 1999, at 12:42:41:

> > Schizophrenia is often popularly confused with Multiple Personality Disorder, but the two are actually different conditions. Schizophrenia involves a disconnection from reality, including hallucinations and delusions, and detoriation in functionality in everyday life, but not the manifestation of multiple personalities.
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> I'm glad someone else caught that, too. I wasn't going to say anything....
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> Ch"don't ask how I knew the difference"ris

I actually know the difference, too, but that nasty old "common usage" bug bit me for a minute. I must have forgotten with whom I was dealing....