Eve seeks treatment to learn how to relax. When her therapist hypnotizes her, her voice changes and someone claiming her name is "Joan" begins to speak. During therapy, 23 separate entities, each with its own name, personal style, and memories emerge. Eve appears to be suffering from ______ disorder.

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Eve's experience of having multiple, distinct identities or personalities is consistent with dissociative identity disorder (DID), which was previously known as multiple personality disorder. DID involves a disruption of a person's sense of identity, accompanied by gaps in memory, and the presence of two or more distinct personality states that recurrently take control of behavior. The emergence of different names, personal styles, and memories in response to hypnosis is often used in the diagnosis of DID.

Eve Seeks Treatment to Learn How to Relax