TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing the criminal responsibility of individuals with multiple personality disorder: legal cases, legal theory JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 391 LP - 399 VL - 25 IS - 3 AU - SH Behnke Y1 - 1997/09/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/25/3/391.abstract N2 - 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. ER -