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Do psychiatrists still believe that dissociative identity disorder aka multiple personality disorder exists or has it been shown not to be a genuine mental illness?
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DSM-IV-TR and The ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) continue to list DID, aka. Multiple Personality Disorder as a mental illness with specific criteria for diagnosis. There is an ongoing debate about whether to include it in the next edition of the DSM (DSM V - due out some time in 2013 by the last reports I saw). Part of the reason for the debate about DID is that has a much higher rate of diagnosis in North America; rates of reporting in other regions are much, much lower - almost nonexistent. There are arguments that it is more a cultural manifestation of some other type of mental illness, i.e. the culture of North America may be more accommodating of people who manifest multiple personalities as a way to cope with some type of mental illness than cultures in other areas.
The general answer is - SOME psychiatrists still believe that DID exists and others do not. The question has not been settled yet.
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What is average age for Dissociative Identity disorder?
Dissociative identity disorder is also known as multiple personality disorder. The average age of diagnosis with this disorder is around thirty.
What disorders involves the turning off of consciousness such as a multiple personality disorder?
The type of disorder is dissociation. There are many kinds of dissociative disorders. One of these is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The old name for this was Multiple Personality Disorder.
What is the old name for multiple personality disorder?
Split personality disorder and multiple personality disorder are both old names. It is now referred to as dissociative identity disorder.
Which condition was previously known as multiple personality disorders?
dissociative identity disorder
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The Three Faces of Eve Voices Within: The Lives of Trudi Chase Sybil (Prior to 1999 dissociative identity disorder was called multiple personality disorder.)
Is there a mental condition as a split personality?
Possibly, but the evidence for Dissociative Identity Disorder is mixed.
What are the key symptoms of dissociative identity disorder?
The main symptom of dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder, is the presence of two or more distinct personalities within one person. These personalities alternate control of the individual's behavior.
What happens if a person with dissociative identity disorder commits a crime?
does not experience separate and distinct personality changes
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bipolar disorder, mood disorder, symptoms are extremecycles of high and low moodschizophrenia, thought disorder, symptoms are hallucinations and delusionsmultiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder, dissociation disorder, symptoms are changes in identity and personality
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I think a concommitant disorder with an antisocial disorder would be generalized anxiety, paranoia, addiction and dissociative identity disorder (DID).
From the 1976 film Sybil how do Sybil's actions illustrate Dissociative Identity Disorder?
yes. this disorder used to be called multiple personality dosprder.
What is an example of a fragmented state?
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