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
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- 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.].
- Distinguishing genuine from simulated dissociative identity disorder using the Morel Emotional Numbing Testby John-Christopher A Finley on July 25, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Findings provide preliminary evidence for the MENT as a validity test for DID populations. Although the commonly used cutoff of ≥ 8 errors on the MENT demonstrated excellent psychometric properties, we recommend using a cutoff of ≥ 10 errors for individuals with DID to minimize the risk of false positives while maintaining strong sensitivity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
- Severe Dissociative Experiences beyond Detachment in a Large Clinical Sample of Inpatients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnostic and Treatment Implicationsby Leonhard Kratzer on July 22, 2024
CONCLUSION: In severe PTSD, dissociative symptoms beyond detachment are highly prevalent. Diagnostic and treatment implications are discussed.