Healthy multiplicity is the idea of many minds, persons, souls, identities, or individuals coexisting within the same physical body. Emphasis is placed on a functional co-relationship with shared responsibility and accountability. The idea is presented as an alternative to other more conventional views about multiplicity in which it is viewed as a disorder, often brought about by psychological trauma. It does not, however, seek to deny that such multiples exist. In fact, the philosophy emphasizes that both trauma-based and naturally occurring multiples are capable of learning to cooperate and function in a healthy fashion, so that integrating the personalities is unnecessary.