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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by American Psychiatric Association
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“Disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states, which may be described in some cultures as an experience of possession. The disruption in identity involves marked discontinuity in sense of self and sense of agency, accompanied by related alterations in affect, behavior, consciousness, memory, perception, cognition, and/or sensory-motor functioning.”
American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders