O'Dwyer J M, Friedman T
Meanwood Park Hospital, Leeds.
Br J Psychiatry. 1993 Jun;162:831-3. doi: 10.1192/bjp.162.6.831.
A case of multiple personality disorder is described as a coping mechanism protecting the patient from the abuse to which she was subjected throughout her life. The multiple personalities became more prominent following the birth of a severely handicapped child.