# Identity disorder

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'''Identity disorder''' in the [DSM](/source/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders) was first listed as a separate diagnosis in [version III](/source/DSM-III) (1980).<ref>DSM-III, pp. 65-67.</ref> In the [DSM-IV](/source/DSM-IV) (1994), it was replaced by "[Identity problem](/source/List_of_mental_disorders_in_the_DSM-IV_and_DSM-IV-TR)", which was not defined as a mental disorder per se, but was listed in the chapter "Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention".<ref>DSM-IV, p. 685.</ref> Identity disorder was 'downgraded' to Identity problem as research indicated that distress over one's identity is so common that it might very well be considered part of the [normality](/source/Normality_(behavior)). In practice, if a person's distress persisted or worsened, an Identity problem would often be succeeded by a diagnosis of an actual disorder, such as a [mood disorder](/source/mood_disorder) or [borderline personality disorder](/source/borderline_personality_disorder). In the [DSM-5](/source/DSM-5) (2013), Identity problem was removed.<ref>{{Cite book | first1=Judith L. | last1=Rapoport | first2=Deborah R. | last2=Ismond | title=DSM-IV Training Guide for Diagnosis of Childhood Disorders | year=1996 | page=282 | publisher=Psychology Press | isbn=978-0876307663 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AmJH3Iwf2kC&pg=PA282}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | first1=James E. | last1=Côté | first2=Charles G. | last2=Levine | title=Identity Formation, Agency, and Culture: A Social Psychological Synthesis | year=2002 | page=155 | publisher=Psychology Press | isbn=978-1135650049 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cyh5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA155}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ashmore |first1=Richard D. |last2=Jussim |first2=Lee |title=Self and Identity: Fundamental Issues (Rutgers Series on Self and Social Identity) |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-509826-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Erikson |first1=Erik H. |title=Identity: Youth and Crisis |date=1994 |publisher=W·W·NORTON |location=New York |isbn=0-393-31144-9}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Body integrity dysphoria](/source/Body_integrity_dysphoria), sometimes called body integrity identity disorder
*[Dissociative identity disorder](/source/Dissociative_identity_disorder)
*[Gender dysphoria](/source/Gender_dysphoria), previously called gender identity disorder
*[Identity crisis](/source/Identity_crisis)
*[Self](/source/Self) ([-concept](/source/Self-concept), [-image](/source/Self-image), [-knowledge](/source/Self-knowledge_(psychology)), [-schema](/source/Self-schema))

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