Misc.
Treatment
Fun Facts
Symptoms
Causes
100
Severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder
100
Focuses on changing dysfunctional thinking patterns.
What is Cognitive Therapy
100
NFL running back with DID
What is Herschel Walker
100
night terrors, insomnia, etc.
What are sleep disorders
100
Primary cause contributing to DID
What is childhood trauma
200
When you can't remember incidents or experiences that happened at a particular time, or when you can't remember important personal information.
What is Amnesia
200
Helps educate the family about the disorder and its causes, as well as help family members recognize symptoms of a recurrence.
What is Family Therapy
200
Average amount of years a person who has been diagnosed spends in a mental institution before being properly diagnosed.
What is 7 years
200
Visual and audible haullications
What is Psychotic-like symptoms
200
Helps during distress and the use of splitting as a survival skill
What is development of a coping style
300
Feeling uncertain about who you are.
What is Identity Confusion
300
Allows the patient to explore and express his or her thoughts and feelings in a safe and creative way.
What is Creative Therapies
300
Generally have more personalities than men.
What is females with DID
300
Suicidal tendencies and mood swings
What is depression
300
Contributions to childhood abuse
What is emotional, physical, or sexual abuse
400
Feeling that your body is unreal, changing or dissolving. Also includes out of body experiences.
What is Depersonalization
400
Not a way to treat DID
What is Medication
400
First patient to be diagnosed with DID
Who is Mary Reynolds
400
Inability to recall personal information
What is amnesia
400
Unclear cause of DID
What is inherit the disease
500
Shift in role or identity that changes behavior in ways that others could notice.
What is Identity Alteration
500
Uses psychological techniques designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems
What is Psychotherapy
500
Percent of people who have been misdiagnosed
What is 89% of people with DID
500
The symptom that characterizes DID
What is having 2 or more distinct personalities.
500
Secondary causes of DID
What is neglect, torture, natural disaster, etc.