Dissociative Identity Disorder
Facts
Formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder
Defined as a psychological disorder, "characterized by the presence of two or more distinct and complex identities or personality states each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others and results from disruption in the integrated functions of consciousness, memory, and identity (Merriam-Webster)
Common myth: that DID is uncommon, it is as rare as being bipolar or schizophrenic
Recognized in the medical field by 1889, prior to this was believed that people were possessed by demons or spirits
People affected live in society, are not simply thrown into institutes and insane asylums
97% of cases caused by abuse as a child
75% have alters by age of 12
Four times as many woman than men
Average person diagonosed will be in the system for 7 years before properly diagnosed
Therapy Options
Psychodynamic
Cognitive
Adlerian
Feminist
Family Systems
Ego-State
Object Relations
Formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder
Defined as a psychological disorder, "characterized by the presence of two or more distinct and complex identities or personality states each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others and results from disruption in the integrated functions of consciousness, memory, and identity (Merriam-Webster)
Common myth: that DID is uncommon, it is as rare as being bipolar or schizophrenic
Recognized in the medical field by 1889, prior to this was believed that people were possessed by demons or spirits
People affected live in society, are not simply thrown into institutes and insane asylums
97% of cases caused by abuse as a child
75% have alters by age of 12
Four times as many woman than men
Average person diagonosed will be in the system for 7 years before properly diagnosed
Therapy Options
Psychodynamic
Cognitive
Adlerian
Feminist
Family Systems
Ego-State
Object Relations