PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - SH Behnke TI - Assessing the criminal responsibility of individuals with multiple personality disorder: legal cases, legal theory DP - 1997 Sep 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 391--399 VI - 25 IP - 3 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/25/3/391.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/25/3/391.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1997 Sep 01; 25 AB - This article discusses the criminal responsibility of individuals diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (MPD). First, it reviews how courts understand and assess criminal responsibility. Second, it gives an overview of how courts have applied the doctrine of criminal responsibility to individuals with MPD. Third, it explains what legal theorists say about this question. Finally, it uses a case example to illustrate how various theorists would assess the responsibility of a criminal defendant with MPD.