RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Schizotypal personality disorder disguised as dissociative identity disorder
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e243454
DO 10.1136/bcr-2021-243454
VO 14
IS 7
A1 Alexander M Kaplan
A1 Colin M Smith
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e243454.abstract
AB A 20-year-old man was admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for self-professed dissociative identity disorder. His presentation of multiple personalities without amnesia, dissociation or depersonalisation led to further examination of personality and cultural factors that may contribute to this uncommon presentation. Careful clinical investigation supported a diagnosis of schizotypal personality disorder with elements of fantastical thinking influenced by media presentations of dissociative identity disorder.