Therapist influence,and sometimes coercion,is believed to be responsible for the huge number of people diagnosed in the 1980s and 1990s with

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The huge number of people diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (now called dissociative identity disorder) in the 1980s and 1990s is believed to be due to therapist influence and sometimes coercion. Some therapists encouraged patients to search for hidden memories of childhood trauma, leading to the creation of multiple personalities as a coping mechanism. This practice has since been controversial and discredited.

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