Farhan Akhtar's Karthik: Dissociative Identity Disorder
The character of Farhan Akhtar, ie., Karthik from ‘Karthik calling Karthik’ is diagnosed to have Dissociative Identity Disorder in the movie. "Multiple Personality Disorder" (MPD), which was reclassified as "Dissociative Identity Disorder" (DID) in previous version of the DSM (i.e., the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th. Edition; better known as the DSM-IV, and retained in the current edition, the DSM-5) is said to be one of the most controversial and potentially dangerous psychological diagnoses.
DID involves several features, chief of which is the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states, each with its own enduring pattern of thinking, perceiving and relating. In the vast majority of these
DID involves several features, chief of which is the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states, each with its own enduring pattern of thinking, perceiving and relating. In the vast majority of these