Multiple Personality Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder By Carina

**Multiple Personality Disorder** (Dissociative Identity Disorder) By Carina Gonzalez A. Per 2 Mrs. Mc Psychology

Essential Questions What is Multiple Personality Disorder && how is it classified? 2) How does this disorder affect the person and their families? 1)

Dissociative Disorder o A dissociative disorder can be described as: • a temporary mental escape (similar to selfhypnosis) from the fear and pain of certain trauma. • are conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity or perception. People with dissociative disorders use dissociation, a defense mechanism, pathologically and involuntarily. Dissociative disorders are thought to primarily be caused by psychological trauma. • Pretty much means that the majority of the time an event that occurred was to traumatic so the person coping mechanism is to block things out in certain ways.

What is Multiple Personality Disorder && how is it classified? � Multiple Personality disorder a. k. a Dissociative Identity Disorder can be defined as the following: v It may involve a disturbance of identity in which two or more separate identities control a persons behavior at different times. v. Can also be related to distinct personalities which periodically control a person's behavior as if several people were alternately sharing the same body. v. M. P. D can in fact be considered a chronic (recurring frequently) emotional illness.

MULTIPLE IDENTITIES AT ONCE… IN ACTION The following video is 5 minutes or so long and it seems to be part of a movie clip, but it does a pretty good job at demonstrating what we would see if we could visually and physically see a persons many alters. �“Inside Dissociative Identity Disorder” Youtube video � https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 t. ITz. Dj. P f 4 g

Different Personalities �When under the control of one “alter” the person usually can’t remember some of the events that took place while other personalities were in control. �The person with D. I. D May or may not be aware of the other personality states, but of course eventually family, friends or the person themselves will figure out something isn’t right.

During personality changes. . �During an alter change the new personality can seem very contradicting. �One identity may try to cause self harm �Another may seem incredibly sweet, wise and generous �Then next could be one with the attitude of a 5 year old who does nothing but cry.

Dominant identity? �When a person with this disorder “switches” into another personality there tends to be a more dominant identity that presents itself the majority of the time. �This dominant alter could be considered to be kind of like the boss in a way.

Different Identity Characteristics �Different identities can demonstrate differences in speech, mannerisms, attitudes, thoughts and gender orientation. �Alters may even present physical differences, such as allergies, right-orleft handedness or the need for eyeglass prescriptions. q. Ex: My name is Carina. I have asthma, need glasses and am 18 years old * alter change* I’m Melinda… I’m 7 years old, I’m scared and I like puppies.

Certain triggers �Things such as stress or a reminder of the trauma can trigger a "switch" between alters. �This means something as simple as someone laying a hand on you can cause a different identity to surface. �A person living with Dissociative Identity Disorder may have anywhere from two alters all the way to 100.

Female � Females aren’t as violent as men � Women patients with M. P. D often have more identities � Tend to have roughly around 15 personalities Male � Men with M. P. D tend to act more violently. � It’s common for men to be locked up rather than hospitalized which lead to never being diagnosed. � Will have around 8 personalities MPD occurs about eight times more frequently in women than in men.

Classification of M. P. D �The way that Multiple personality disorder is classified is by using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder which is also known as the DSM-IV. �For those who don’t know, the DSM-l. V is a book which lists all of the mental diseases known and gives a description of what each one is.

Other forms of classification �Other methods will be used such as: q Categorical description of symptoms person meets all or some of symptoms for a period of time. q. The use of the 5 axes – primary problem, personality, medical condition, social and environmental stressors, global assessment q. Problems – over diagnosis, problems with labels, distinction between serious mental disorders and normal problems

How does this disorder affect the person and their families? �The Dissociative Identity Disorder affects the patient in quite a few ways, but the main things would probably be: v That this disorder can create a chaotic life v. It can cause problems in work or make it hard to even find a job or keep one v. This will also affect social

Family and friend involvement �Families and friends must become informed to prevent as many misunderstandings as possible. �Family and friends should keep an eye out in case the person shows any signs of thoughts of suicide etc. � Being supportive instead of negative about the situation

Other possible struggles �Life will revolve around therapy and seeking help for long periods of time �Patient will have to be in safe environment and have appropriate boundaries (certain restrictions) �Eventually patient will learn the development of no self- other- harm. �Main point patients with this disorder can live life like most “normal people, ” but they will be fighting some battles in the process

Extra, Extra… studies �Neuroimaging studies have identified areas of the brain, the orbitofrontal cortex in particular, that function differently in DID patients. �Vermetten, et al. used MRI to compare the brain structure of female patients with DID to healthy subjects and found that the hippocampus and amygdala of the DID patients were significantly smaller (19. 2% and 31. 6%, respectively)

Study continued … o Seems logical that these two would play a role because of the hippocampus’s role in forming long-term memories and the amygdala’s in regulating emotion. o Furthermore, it has been documented that 80100% of people diagnosed with DID also have a secondary diagnosis of PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder). �**Sadly the study was later found to be discredited by another study **

MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER IN ACTION The following video is a Dr. Phil “episode” in which a lady appears to truly have Dissociative Identity Disorder. The video is a full length video, but in the first minute or two everything you need to know about alters inn order to understand this disorder is shown and stated… if the video is showed completely it can be a tad brutal to watch and there will be physical harm shown… its still pretty interesting and to the point. �The Dr. Phil Show - My Multiple Personalities {Full} �https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ipv. Yvtmhk

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