Dissociative Identity Disorder And The Disorder

Thinking about what the purpose of the DSM-5, this writer’s first idea was this book is a learning tool for students that will be working in the field of mental health. Although this book might be a learning tool or guide to students it is also a great resource for anyone working in the field of mental health. Imagine if each clinician had to learn on their own, retain all the information, none the less quickly recall all that information; it would be some phenomenal feet. The DSM was first published in 1952. Its’ purpose then and know are to help facilitate correct diagnosis of mental health disorders.

According to “Healthy Place”, 89% of people who suffer from Dissociative identity disorder (or Multiple Personality Disorder) are misdiagnosed (B.J.). Therefore, Dissociative identity disorder is labeled as “The Hidden Epidemic,” because it is never diagnosed as it really is, but hidden by other illnesses (Slack pg. 43). Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is often triggered with traumatic events like experiencing severe abuse. People with Dissociative identity disorder can come to a realization that they are diagnosed if they start having symptoms such as self harm, mood swings etc. Some people think it is some other disorder or disease, but majority do not know what DID is or of they are diagnosed with it. Although DID is incurable, there

The article goes into why DID is a controversial diagnosis. According to the article, "of 62 respondents who had treated patients with DID, more

Sybil, by Flora Rheta Schreiber, is the true story of Sybil Dorsett, a woman diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder. She developed sixteen separate personalities in order to cope with various traumatic childhood experiences. Born to older parents, Sybil’s father was a well - respected and religious businessman. Her mother was an untreated schizophrenic. She would often subject Sybil to various methods of abuse, such as cold enemas, broken bones, and belittlement.

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a severe psychological disorder characterized by at least two or more distinct personalities or different identities. The different personality states are said to occur spontaneously and involuntarily and function more or less independently of each other. The person suffering from the disorder also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. Many people who experience this type of behavior are unaware that they have more than one personality because they can not remember anything that is happening while one of the mind alters are

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a mental disorder where an individual experiences two or more distinct personalities. When an individual is diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, one personality has dominant control of an individual. This personality controls how a person may act and how they live everyday life. A person diagnosed with this disease may or may not be aware of their alternate personalities. Each personality is contrasting of each other with distinctive likes and dislikes. They can differ in eyesight, prescriptions, language, and education levels. Many people who suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder have experienced severe childhood trauma. Many Psychologist and others argue

There are so many answer people want to know about dissociative identity disorder, for example is it real? After all, understanding the development of more than one personality is difficult, even for highly trained experts. The diagnosis itself remains controversial among mental health professionals, with some experts believing that it is really an "offshoot" phenomenon of another psychiatric

In fact there are many more certified psychiatrists in America who are in agreement with McHugh. In a survey of 300 psychiatrists in 1999, 2/3 believed that DID should not be included in the DSM-IV (http://www.ycp.edu/besc/Journal2001/Article_2.htm). This is a staggering number, for a truly remarkable psychological condition. In spite of these statistics these same people believed DID should be a proposed diagnosis, because of skepticism.

Multiple types of human behaviors have been explored and researched. Psychologists have created several perspectives in order to explain human behaviors. These perspectives can be applied to human behavior to comprehend the motive as to why the behaviors arise. DID (Dissociative identity disorder) is a misunderstood disorder. It was once called Multiple Personality Disorder. These people have several identities as a way to defend themselves after a traumatic event. Psychologists before did not understand the disorder and were confused by DID. Countless amounts of people have been incorrectly diagnosed and others believed they had been possessed, but due to research and psychological perspectives, we are able to understand why this disorder exists and how to treat it. Psychological perspectives were created in order to explain all types of mental illnesses and various behaviors. They have helped psychologists diagnose patients in order to correctly treat them. Dissociative identity disorder has been studied continuously by psychologists in order to find the rationale behind the disorder, using the psychological perspectives psychodynamic and biological.

The definite cause of DID is unknown, but one main cause of the disorder is believed to be severe and prolonged trauma experienced during childhood, including emotional, physical, or sexual abuse. Symptoms of DID can include: an inability to remember large parts of childhood, sudden return of memories, as in a flashback and/or flashback to traumatic events, episodes of feeling disconnected or detached from one's body and thoughts, hallucinations, changing levels of functioning, from highly effective to nearly disabled, depression, anxiety, alcohol and/or drug abuse, headaches, and eating disorders. DID is a serious mental illness that occurs across all ethnic groups and all income levels, but has been proven to affect women nine times more than men. Research has shown that the average age for the initial development of alters is 5.9 years old. Statistics show that DID occurs in 0.01 to 1 percent of the general population (Mayo, 2014).

One of the main explanations provided by Durand and Barlow regarding the etiological factors seen for DID to develop is the presence of some traumatic event. In their words “[a]lmost every patient presenting with this disorder reports to their mental health professional being horribly, often unspeakable, abused as a child” (2016, p. 190). Similarly, Rosky asserts that the second factor for DID to develop is that individuals had experienced unbearable situations that overwhelms the adaptive capacities of a person (1992, p. 298).

The fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has a plethora of mental disorders and their classifications. Also, the DSM-5 provides a succinct elucidation of the signs and symptoms inherent to each mental condition, notwithstanding the other aspect touching on causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis among other aspects. The dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a highly elusive and controversial mental disorder because its signs and symptoms are shared across a broad spectrum of other mental disorders.

Developmental trauma and Therapist-induced are the main ideas on how the disorder develops. Dissociative Identity Disorder occurs for an individual for has experienced extreme trauma during early and therefore, creates multiple personality disorder. It is a psychological response to interpersonal and environmental stresses. Usually during early childhood years when emotional abuse may have interfered with personality development. 99% of people who have developed this disorder have personal history of overpowering, recurring, life threatening disturbances before the age of 9. It can happen to an individual who have had emotional abuse or neglect even when there’s been ono physical or sexual abuse. Research shows that individuals whose upbringings were frightening and unpredictable may develop the disorder. Theories of the causes that researches Gleaves and May (2001), discovered were traumagenic and iatrogenic. Traumagenic believe this disorder is a result of childhood trauma. Iatrogenic believe that the disorder is a result of media influence and psychotherapeutic interference. These two theories are why I believe the disorder is so hard to diagnose because it is so hard to tell if the individual is faking or not. This disorder effect .01%-1% of the general

The one case to put Dissociative Identity Disorder on the map and to actually get this disorder recognized was Sybil Isabel Dorsett’s (Sargent 2007). Sybil was put under severe trauma from her mother when she was a little girl. The way she counteracted the trauma was by making sixteen different personalities (Sargent 2007). She made more than anyone has ever recorded before. Sybil’s real name was actually Shirley Ardell Mason (Neary 2010). There was a book and a movie written about the case. Shirley was treated by a female psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Connie Wilbur (Neary 2010). Wilbur treated Shirley until her death in 1998 (Neary 2010). With Shirley Mason in therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder, again back then it was named Multiple Personality Disorder, she tried to convince Dr. Wilbur that she was faking the sets of personalities and that she was in perfect health by writing her a letter:

Psychology is a subject like many subjects and ideas that can be and is connected to many things in our life, depending on certain aspects and supporting them is what contributes to the nature of many outcomes and theories of which we are yet to know most or not much off. What we have come to learn of through this class and subject in particular is in a broad sense the overall topic of abnormal psychology. Abnormal psychology is and can be thought of as like any other psychology in a way but more specifically it is a psychology that deals with the understanding of mental and emotional type of disorders. As a psychology major you get to look at psychology through many forms, this is done with an objective which prepares you so to see which focus you find or can connect to most, most often for personal or logical base reasons. A subject or topic that caught my attention and helped me be more interested in the subject of psychology was wanting to know more about mentality or behavior and what exactly the brain or anything for that fact had influence in a different or psychological way. Writing this research paper I hope to look at what has peeked my interested in a different way, by looking at and understanding somewhat more into depth how exactly certain disorders can affect a person’s behavior if any or none, hopefully this will enlighten my path to which I have yet chosen in the field of psychology. Some other focuses on the paper will try to be based on