Dissociative Identity Disorder

(Multiple Personality Disorder)By: Sarah Tripp

Definition of DID

Axis Two

National Alliance of Mental Illness. (March 2000). Dissociative Identity Disorder.

• “a dissociative disorder involving a disturbance of identity in which two or more separate and distinct personality states (or identities) control the individual's behavior at different times.” (NAMI, 2000)

Different Personalities in One Person

DID You Know..?

A Person Could Have Only Two Alters Or As Many As 100.

The Average Of Personalities Is Ten.Women Are More Likely To Have More

Identities Than Men With A Difference Of Seven.

It Takes 6-7 Years For Alters To Develop.

Psychotherapy and Counseling. (n.d). Dissociative Identity Disorder – DSM IV DefinitionNational Alliance of Mental Illness. (March 2000). Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Causes

Severe Childhood Trauma Emotional Sexual Physical

Psychosocial Stress

Shobha Pais. (n.d) Dissociative Identity Disorder.Living with Trauma/ Stress

Essential Features

Disturbance/Change in Ones Normal IdentityLoss of MemoryHas Two or More Identities“Each of the personality states that the

individual experiences has its own distinct personal history, self-image, and identity, including different age, different gender, and also a different name.” (Rachel Kaplan, 2008)

Psychotherapy and Counseling. (n.d). Dissociative Identity Disorder – DSM IV DefinitionRachel Kaplan. (2008, January 9). Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Associated Features

Highly HypnotizableVulnerable to Suggestive InfluencesAnxietyDepression or Mood SwingsPosttraumatic Symptoms

Nightmares Flashbacks

Psychotherapy and Counseling. (n.d). Dissociative Identity Disorder – DSM IV Definition

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Diagnostic Criteria

Two or More Individual IdentitiesIdentities Take Over BehaviorDifficult Remembering Basic Information

First/ Last Name Age Time

Psychotherapy and Counseling. (n.d). Dissociative Identity Disorder – DSM IV Definition

Metaphor of Memory Loss

Differentiated Diagnosis

SchizophreniaBipolar Disorder

Foote B., Park J. (2008, June 10). Dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia: differential diagnosis and theoretical issues

Representation of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Eve White

Twenty-Two Personalities Severe Headaches Followed By Blackouts No Memory of a Recent Trip Had A Voice Speaking to Her at a Visit

Had Both Hands on Her Head They Suddenly Dropped With a Sudden Reckless Smile Started Talking in a Bright Voice Eve Black

Childish, Daredevil, Carefree Person Conducted IQ Tests

Eve White-110 Eve Black- 104

Wrote a Letter to Her Therapist Half Written in Her Usual Handwriting Other Half Written in Child-Like Handwriting Thought She Destroyed It

Appeared Relaxed and Sleepy Jane Emerged After Two Minutes “more responsible than Eve Black and more confident and interesting than Eve White” (Gross R., n.d.)

Revealed Her True Identity in 1975 as Chris SizemoreMark Holah , (2008, January), Thigpen & Cleckley; A Case of Multiple Personality

The Three Faces of Eve Movie Cover

Chris Sizemore (Eve White) at the 51st Anniversary of Her Movie The Three Faces of Eve.

Metaphors of DID