Dissociative Identity Disorder also known as DID is defined as the presence of two or more distinct personality states. It was once known as Multiple Personality Disorder. It was thought to be an effect of severe trauma during early childhood, usually something extreme, including repetitive physical or emotional abuse. Dissociative identity disorder is an extreme case of dissociation when a person lacks connection with their thoughts, actions, emotions or a sense of identity. The dissociation is used as a coping mechanism for when it’s too painful for him to take in his conscious self. Some symptoms include depression, mood swings, suicidal tendencies, and time loss. While a person switches between two different personalities or is in a dissociative …show more content…
(American Psychiatric Association, 2000) Also, the patient should be experiencing extensive memory loss usually of their personal information. The estimated prevalence of DID is about 1% (Maldonado, Butler, & Spiegel, 2000). The comorbidity ranges from 1-5% (Rubin & Zorumski, 2005) The percent that Dissociative Identity Disorder is linked to child abuse is 95-98% (Korol, 2008). Some studies have shown that there is a relationship between trauma and memory in DID. A study shows the brains correlation of switching between identities. The results show how during transition the host personality there was an increase in activation (Tsai, Condi, Wu & Chang, …show more content…
Approaches vary widely, but generally it takes a person an emphasis on integration of different personality states into one personality. The use of medication is not recommended. Maintenance and use of prescriptions given to a person with different personality states is hard to keep up with and needs to be carefully monitored. Self Help is a growing trend, people with the disorder are starting to come together to form self-help support groups within larger communities and through online communities. (Grohol,