She works with a detective named Amber Braeburn (Abigail Spencer) to discover the man’s whereabouts.

for save another innocent victim, Maddie sort of encourages the man to take his own life.

Amber also introduces herself by different names.

Amber stands, with Chim in the background, in Episode 10, Season 7 of ‘9-1-1’

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She feels like incredibly violent and sadistic.

In fact, female serial killers are rare enough that her character would have been more compelling without it.

A delicate topic handled with care.

Amber (Abigail Spencer) in a dark hoodie in ‘9-1-1’

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What Is Dissociative Identity Disorder?

DID is a rare mental health condition but one thataffects more than 1.5 percent of the global population.

These mischaracterizations only further the stigma about this little-understood condition.

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This only adds to the trauma that these individuals have already experienced.

Most other mental health conditions are treated with more compassion.

How many serial killers have been depicted as someone with just really bad anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder?

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There have been some television shows that have handled this condition with much more sensitivity and accuracy.

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