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Schizophrenia Is Not Split Personality

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It is an error to equate schizophrenia with multiple or split personality, which is a separate and far rarer diagnosis.

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A person with schizophrenia has one identity throughout, experiencing hallucinations or delusions within it.

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The confusion comes from the word's Greek roots, not from anything in the condition.

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