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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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  1. Dissociate Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) By: James TIerney

  2. What is Dissociative Identity Disorder? • This is a mental disorder that is defined by having at least two or more distinct personality states that fight for control of the individuals brain and behavior. • There can be up to as many as 100 personality states within a person fighting for control. • The disorder usually begins in the early childhood but rarely diagnosed before adolescence. • This disorder is very controversial and is even said to be made up or unreal.

  3. Theory • The theory that best applies to Dissociative Identity Disorder would be Situation-Trait Debate were in some cases of DID situations from early childhood such as repeated traumatic abuse can bring about the coming of DID (social-cognitive). However in the cases that are not abuse/situation related may come or route from traits or influenced behavior in another aspect (trait theory).

  4. Possible Behaviorsof DID • With this rare mental disorder comes memory impairment, due to the changing of personalities within an individual. • A individual can feel as though they are watching their lives play out in a movie or television show. • Lack of memory makes the individual forget who they truly are. • Different personalities or “alters” can be triggered by certain cues or can be even drawn out in therapy

  5. Symptoms/Diagnosis • Symptoms vary but two of the most common symptoms in any mental disorder pop up in this as well depression and anxiety. • Other symptoms can include depersonalization, derealization, mood swings, changes in eating and sleeping patterns, problems functioning sexually, suicide attempts, amnesia, substance abuse, and hallucinations. • Diagnosis can take up to many years of testing just to be able to verify if a individual has Dissociative identity disorder or not. • Professionals found a link between victims of severe/traumatic repeated abuse of : emotional, psychological, sexual, and physical having cases of or similar to that of dissociative identity disorder. Professionals do believe that the various “alters” within a person are the way to suppress the memories as a escape.

  6. Treatments • Proper treatment of DID is to essentially turn the multiple identities of the individual into one functioning identity. • All forms of therapy preferably psychotherapy were the patients respond well to treatment • Medications such as antidepressants or anti anxiety medicines which treat the symptoms not the disorder itself • Hypnosis

  7. Alters • Different “Alters” or “Identities” will often come out during stress • In each alter there are differences in: intelligence, speech, accent, vocabulary, posture, body language, hairstyles, choice in clothing, manners, hand writing, and even sexual orientation.

  8. Statistics • Up to 1% of the worlds population is diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. • As nearly as much as 7% of the worlds population may have undiagnosed Dissociative Identity Disorder. • Diagnosis can take many years so it is hard to determine whether or not a individual has DID. • 90% of treated cases have been women • 95% of patients reveal early history of severe physical and/or sexual abuse. • 80% of cases the host does not know of the other “Alters”

  9. References • . Dryden-Edwards, R. (2012, June 22). Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Treatment, Causes, Symptoms, Statistics - MedicineNet. MedicineNet. Retrieved November 2, 2013, from http://www.medicinenet.com/dissociative_identity_disorder/article.htm • Johnson, K. (2012, May 26). Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder): Signs, Symptoms, Treatment. WebMD. Retrieved November 2, 2013, from http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder?page=3 • NAMI - The National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2000, January 1). NAMI. Retrieved October 30, 2013, from http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Dissociative_Identity_Disorder_(formerly_Multiple_Personality_Disorder).htm • Wood, S. E., Wood, E. R., & Boyd, D. R. (2011). Chapter 12, Page 400. In Mastering the world of psychology (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.

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