DID
What does DID stand for?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
How can Dissociative Disorder affect a police officer?
- Feeling disconnected or detached from your emotions
- It can alter someones sense of place and time
- Blanking out and losing memory
What percentage of the population is diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder?
0.1-1% of the population
What is depersonalization disorder?
You feel like your seeing yourself from outside your body, or you have a sense that things around you aren’t real.
What can cause DID?
long-term physical, sexual or emotional abuse or, less often, a home environment that's frightening or highly unpredictable.
Name 1 therapy treatment and 1 medicinal treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder
Psychotherapy or “talk” therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT),
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT),
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
Medication
Antidepressants
Anti-Anxiety
Antipsychotic