- (B) Calinda may suffer from dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality
disorder. This disorder, while questioned by some, manifests itself in breaks in consciousness and
memory as the sufferer shifts from one personality to another. Conversion disorder is a type of
somatoform disorder in which someone complains of a physical problem (e.g., deafness) for which
no organic cause can be found. Schizophrenia, often confused with dissociative identity disorder,
does not involve multiple personalities. Rather, someone with schizophrenia suffers from
profoundly disordered thought. Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that typically
plagues people who have experienced tragic events like wars and natural disasters. Bipolar
disorder is a type of affective disorder in which people alternate between periods of mania and
depression.
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