Dissociative Identity Disorder DID

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Dissociative Identity Disorder(DID)

• By
• Norma Gonzalez

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Topics

• What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
• What causes DID?
• What are the symptoms of DID?
• How can you treat people diagnosed?

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What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?

• Commonly mistaken as schizophrenia
• A disorder affecting the brain
• Characterized by dissociation leading to
  alternate personalities

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What Causes DID?

• Heredity
• depression
• Specific traumatic incident
• Trauma endured as a child
• Sexual abuse
• Physical abuse
• Emotional abuse

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What is Dissociation?

• A mental process
• Brain lacks connection to
• Thoughts
• Feelings
• Sense of identity
• Exists at various levels
• Daydreaming
• complete disconnection

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What are some symptoms of DID?

• Hallucinations
• Memory lapses
• Dramatic mood changes
• Depression
• Anxiety

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How can you treat people diagnosed with DID?

• Medication
• Anti-depressants
• Therapy
• Individual
• Group

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Questions?