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Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

By: Dasha Fayvinova. Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder). Dissociative Identity Disorder.

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

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  1. By: Dasha Fayvinova Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

  2. Dissociative Identity Disorder • Dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder) is a fairly common effect of severe trauma during early childhood, usually extreme, repetitive physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse.

  3. What is DID exactly? • severe form of dissociation • produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity • thought to be a coping mechanism

  4. Tony • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iHJfIH20TY • Dee-Dee, Tony the Imposter, Richard

  5. Diagnostic criteria for DID - The presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (each with its own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self). - At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior. 

  6. Mirrorofmanyfaces • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0XXF0vPzRQ&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaMCQifkxwA&feature=related • She transitions or “switches” personalities due to trauma in her past (grandfather, mother and father)

  7. Some Statistics • 1 per 10,000 in the population but higher proportions are reported among psychiatric populations between 0.5% and 2%.   • A sharp rise in reported cases may be attributed to greater awareness of the diagnosis and misdiagnosis of DID as schizophrenia or borderline personality disorder. 

  8. Simptoms • Depression • Mood swings • Suicidal tendencies • Sleep disorders (insomnia, night terrors, and sleep walking) • Anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias (flashbacks, reactions to stimuli or "triggers") • Alcohol and drug abuse • Compulsions and rituals • Psychotic-like symptoms (including auditory and visual hallucinations) • Eating disorders

  9. Treatment • there's no "cure" for dissociative identity disorder • antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication •  hypnotherapy, and adjunctive therapies such as art or movement therapy.

  10. Questions • How many personalities can one person have? ( unlimited) • What qualifies you to be diagnosed with DID?( two distinct personalities that take control over body and actions) • What is a leading cause for DID? (sexual abuse or childhood trauma) • What is the treatment? (therapy and in some cases linked with depression antidepressants. ) • What are some symptoms • (multiple personalities, depression, suicidal tendencies)

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