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Dissociative identity disorder: Abnormal psychology professor reviews the movie SPLIT (Part 1)

In this video, abnormal psychology professor Dr. Richard Day talks about the depiction of dissociative identity disorder (DID) in the movie Split.

The movie Split follows Kevin, an individual with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who kidnaps three teenage girls. Is this psychological thriller movie an accurate depiction of DID? Dr. Richard Day, an abnormal psychology professor at McMaster University, discusses how DID is depicted in the film.

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 2019,  Abnormal psychology,  Demystifying Medicine