There is considerable controversy about the nature, and even the existence, of dissociative identity disorder. One cause for the skepticism is the alarming increase in reports of the disorder over the last several decades. Eugene Levitt, a psychologist at the Indiana University School of Medicine, noted in an article published in Insight on the News (1993) that "In 1952 there was no listing for [DID] in the DSM, and there were only a handful of cases in the country. In 1980, the disorder [then known as multiple personality disorder] got its official listing in the DSM, and suddenly thousands of cases are springing up everywhere."
This source fist explains the disorder itself and then gives some valuable and interesting information about two famous cases if Dissociative Identity Disorder: Eve, and Sibyl. Both women later were portrayed in both literature and film and the author suggests that due to this disorder's rise in attention, as well as getting its own listing in the updated DSM in 1980, more cases erupted all over the world. This source is great in terms of informing the audience about famous cases they may have even heard of themselves before, as well as touching the subject of controversy and provoking thought through that aspect.
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