What is DID?
Identities with distinct behaviors, memories, and perceptions
What are alters?
Commonly mistaken for being the main symptom of DID
Multiple personalities
Most effective treatment for DID
Psychotherapy
Main cause of DID
Child abuse
Former name for DID
Multiple personality disorder
Commonly misdiagnosed for this disorder
Schizophrenia
Eventully leads to accessing all of the alters not currently present
Hypnosis
Cases found in this percentage of the population
2%
Detachment from reality
True or False: Intergration requires is fairly easy to achieve
False
This treatment treats symptoms of DID
Medication
Two parts of the brain with size reduction in DID patients
Amygdala & hippocampus
Three possible relationships between alters
Mutually Aware, Unaware, Not Mutually Aware
Percentage of people with overt infliction of DID
5-6%
Techniques used to prevent an identity shift
Grounding
Stress, memories, strong emotions, alcohol and substance use are all examples of this
Triggers