Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) by Daria Kellar https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n aka Multiple Personality Disorder en-us 2018-06-25 22:14:32 UTC 2025-10-01 08:16:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Dissociative Identity Disorder gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268517643 is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities/ personality states alternately take over an individual. 
DID is characterized by fragmentation of identity rather than by a proliferation or growth of separate identities.]]> 2018-06-25 22:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268517643 Essential Characteristics of DID: gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268537432 Primary identity - individual's given name is passive, dependent, and depressed.
Secondary identities- experience history, self-image, name, reported age and gender,
and predominant mood
**Certain circumstances or stressors can cause a particular alter to emerge. 

]]> 2018-06-26 02:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268537432 Prevalence rates gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268538204 Adults
 12-month prevalence of DID as 1.5% of the population
 Study results vary for males and females.]]> 2018-06-26 02:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268538204 Social Risks are contributing factors gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268539682 Main cause of DID is thought to be a repeated or long-term childhood trauma, most frequently child abuse or neglect.]]> 2018-06-26 02:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268539682 Treatments gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540713 Do not recover without treatment. Treatment is a long process, likely lifelong process
Psychotherapy - is the primary treatment modality.
Three types of psychotherapy used for treating DID:
 1.     Cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT) - helps to recognize negative thoughts, teach coping strategies. 
2.     Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) - teaches coping skills, regulating emotions, improve relationships and add validation through mindfulness techniques (meditation, regulated breathing).
3.     Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) – helps with symptom reduction. Combined with CBT techniques of re-learning thought patterns.
Supportive treatments for DID:
Hypnosis - used for calming, soothing, containment, and ego strengthening.
Psychotropic medications - antidepressants, anti anxiety, and mood stabilizers. 
A desirable treatment outcome is Integration among alternate identities, later Fusion and Final fusion can be achieved when patient’s sense of self shift to being a unified self. 
]]> 2018-06-26 02:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540713 Help Near You gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540735 Research Psychiatric Center (HCA) , Journey Program- individualized stabilization and trauma processing in individual and group therapy. 

]]> 2018-06-26 02:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540735 Interesting Research Findings gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540770
  • Patients with DID, although may seem confused and trapped in their own alters and self, showed tendency to collaboration, relationship development, ability to self-reflect and organized thinking. 
  • DID patients showed higher social characteristics against Border Personality Disorder group.
  • Despite reality perception through fantasy and cognitive distortion manifesting in alters, most severe DID patents with highest dissociation experienced less distortion in their reality. It appears that the “complete formation” of the secondary identities, provided a clearer life picture. 
    • ]]>     2018-06-26 02:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540770     Education and Support gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540786  National Alliance of Mental Illness - NAMI provides Education, Advocacy and Personalized support for every case of mental illness nationwide. ]]> 2018-06-26 02:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268540786 Prevalence rates gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268553071 Kids
    • Prevalence in children appears to be unreported. 
    • Misdiagnosis with depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is common. 
    • Forms in childhood, cannot form after ages 6-9.
      **no discrepancy in diagnoses between genders in children
    ]]>     2018-06-26 05:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268553071     Help Near You gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268681115 Open Path psychotherapy collective Open Path is a non-for-profit organization, that helps to find an affordable therapist after a one time $49 membership fee. Session costs range from $30-$50.]]> 2018-06-27 03:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268681115 Help Near You gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268681275 Resolve Counseling, James McMillan- cognitive-behavioral therapy, emotion focused therapy, and experiential therapy. 
    Discounted therapy– Resolve interns overseen by 2 licensed clinicians.
    ]]>     2018-06-27 03:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268681275     To Read gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268681917 First Person Plural: My Life as a Multiple - The book shares a true story of a recovery and encouragement both for the family and an individual with DID. ]]> 2018-06-27 03:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268681917 To Watch gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268682095 Documentary: I Am Not One - short and powerful documentary that provides a visual perspective of what an individual with DID may have experienced and how they've learned to cope with it. ]]> 2018-06-27 03:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268682095 Specialists' Blog gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268682254 Dissociation Discussion BLOG- written and created by Kathy Brody, MSW a clinical social worker and a DID trauma specialist. Readers can comment on her posts, watch her Videos related to posts and even contact her for a consultation.  ]]> 2018-06-27 03:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268682254 References gordaria https://padlet.com/gordaria/hzy09vzvo20n/wish/268683043  “Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder).” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 6 Mar. 2018, www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder.
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