Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders Flashcards
What are dissociative disorders
SPLITTING of functions of personality, memory, or consciousness
What did dissociative identity disorder used to be called
Multiple personality disorder
What is DID
Pweson’s body is occupied by two or more distinct personalities
How do the alters tend act
Extreme drama
What did they try to do with EVE
integration
What is the DSM of DID
Distruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states
What else on the DSM of DID
Discontinuity, recurrent gaps, distress
What are some nonspecific diagnostic criteria of DID
History of childhood sexual abuse, female, voices, nearly BORDERLINE PD
What was DID in the DSM II
Hyterical dissociative
What was DID in DSM III
Multiple personality
What are some characteristics of DID
Dominant host, contest for control
Can the personalities interact in different ways
Yes
What is mutually amnesic
Don’t know each other
What is mutually congizant
Do know each other
What is one-way amnesic/ co-conscious subpersonalities
One is aware of the other but not the other way around
How can alters represent as
Cultural types, sex, age, abilities, preferences, physiology
What is malingering
Faking DID
What happened after Sybil
The number of diagnosis increased ALOT
What did Sybil do
Sadi DID was from severe childhood sexual abuse
Did Sybil have the disorder
Maybe but the symptoms didn’t start until she started therapy