Dissociative Identity Disorder
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W068
Diagnosis: Dissociative Indentity Disorder (Split Personality)
US Patients:
World Patients: 1.5-2%
Sex Ratio: M;F6
Age Onset:
Brain Area:
Symptoms: at lest two distinct and relatively enduring personality states; involuntary and distressing; 16 identities are typical
Progression: Much of the 18-page Wikipedia description focused on the validity: actual vs. induced by inappropriate therapies.
Causes: May have been 90% from childhood abuse, war or childhood-medical procedures; like PTSD for adults
Medications:
Therapies:
Youtube Video:
Dissociative Identity Disorder in Children and Teenagers
Amazon or Library Book: Dissociative Identity Disorder
I could not find this book on Amazon again,
but your library may still have it or borrow it for you through InterLibrary Loan.
Support Group: nami.org; 800-950-6264
(National Alliance on Mental Illness)
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Evolution of views on the phenomenon of spiritual possession within the framework of psychiatric pathology (psychopathological, transnosological and transcultural aspects)by E V Gedevani on December 18, 2024
The spiritual possession phenomenon (SPP), is a complex transnosological, transcultural syndrome, which is based on the patients' perception that some spiritual entity (spirit, demon, jinn, shaitan, «ikotka», dybbuk, Buddha, etc.) is influencing or possessing them. Modern classifications of diseases, aimed at expanding our ideas about the distinction between the norm and pathology of mental disorders, do not contribute to a clear psychopathological differentiation of SPP, the determination of...
- Inter-identity amnesia and memory transfer in dissociative identity disorder: A systematic review with a meta-analysisby Julia C Beker on November 14, 2024
Individuals with dissociative identity disorder (DID) often report an inability to retrieve memories associated with other identities, termed inter-identity amnesia (IIA). Research investigating IIA has amassed, and interest surrounds whether objective deficits in retrieval mechanisms necessarily underlie the experience of IIA. This study conducted a systematic literature review with meta-analyses to examine current findings on IIA in DID. In particular, we explored whether DID patients'...
- Dispositional Traits, Characteristic Adaptations, and Narrative Identity Reconstructions in Individuals With Depersonalization and Derealizationby Emanuele Fino on October 17, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Individual differences in personality characterize DPDR, especially in psychoticism. Implications for theory and research are discussed.
- Retraction: Commentary: Schema therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder: a case reportby Frontiers Editorial Office on August 19, 2024
[This retracts the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1292432.].