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The term “identity” has a much longer tradition in Western philosophy than in psychology. However, the philosophical discourse addresses very different meanings of the term, which should be distinguished to avoid misunderstandings, but also to sharpen the key meanings of the term in psychological contexts. | Sollberger Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2013 7 29 http www.capmh.eom content 7 1 29 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access On identity from a philosophical point of view Daniel Sollberger Abstract Background The term identity has a much longer tradition in Western philosophy than in psychology. However the philosophical discourse addresses very different meanings of the term which should be distinguished to avoid misunderstandings but also to sharpen the key meanings of the term in psychological contexts. These crucial points in the philosophical concepts of identity in the sense of singularity individuality or self-sameness may structure the ongoing discussion on identity in psychiatric diagnoses as in DSM-5 Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment this issue 2013 in psychology psychoanalysis but also neuroscience and neurophilosophy Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment this issue 2013 . Method The concept of identity is subjected to a systematic philosophical analysis following some milestones in its history to provide a background for recent discussions on identity in psychiatry and psychology. Results The article focuses first on the philosophical core distinctions of identity in the different meanings to be addressed second briefly on some of the diverse psychological histories of the concept in the second half of the 20th century. Finally some reflections are presented on borderline personality disorder considered as a mental disorder with a disturbance or diffusion of identity as core feature and briefly on a newly developed instrument assessing identity development and identity diffusion in adolescence the AIDA that is also presented in the special issue of this journal Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment this issue 2013 . Conclusion As a conclusion different points of view concerning identity are summarized in respect to treatment planning and different levels of description of identity in phenomenology philosophy of mind cognitive .
