The Three Faces of Eve and dissociative identity disorder

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Although dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder) is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose, it seems to be awfully popular with numerous Hollywood interpretations. The Three Faces of Eve does a fairly admirable job of conveying the disorder even though information defining the illness was (and still is) limited at the time the movie was made. Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane, all played by Joanne Woodward, had distinct personalities. Eve White was …

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…a romance story and some dramatic instances. Since this movie, numerous others have been made to try and capture the true essence of dissociative identity disorder but few have been able to accomplish the feat with such dignity. With the help of The Three Faces of Eve, the psychological community made advances in the treatment and diagnoses of DID that may possibly have taken a long time to be (or may have never been) made.