Dissociative Identity Disorder, commonly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is estimated to afflict at least a tenth of the American population. Patients with this disorder suffer from constant memory loss due to the presence of two or more other personalities that "take over" the patient's consciousness at random times of the day. This switching of personalities may last for a couple minutes, a couple hours, to up to several weeks at a time (1). In the past 30 years, the prevalence of Dissociative Identity Disorder has sky rocketed.
The term dissociation refers to the disruption of one or more agents that constitutes "consciousness", such the formation of memories, making sense of them and maintaining a sense of identity (1). Dissociation results from forces beyond the patient's control. Proponents of Dissociative Identity Disorder believe memory loss occurs because the patient's consciousness is taken over by alter personalities believed to be formed during childhood (2). Personalities are usually found to be extremely different from the personality of the patient. The patient is usually shy, introverted and insecure, whereas some of her personalities may be flirtatious, outgoing, confident; and yet others may have issues surrounding anger management. Personalities may be older than the age of the patient, younger, or may have lived over a hundred years ago (1).
Patients who suffer from DID are usually women who have had a history of sexual or extreme physical abuse, or who have experienced repeated trauma beyond her control (3). Because the child cannot physically escape the pain, her only option is to escape mentally: by dissociating. Dissociation is said to defend against pain by allowing the maltreatment to be ex...
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...ts who come into therapy may have problems dealing with their emotions and self validation, and at the end of therapy, with the help and validation of therapists, discover multiple alter personalities.
Does Dissociative Identity Disorder exist? Maybe. Yet, one who is unable to integrate various emotions and memories should have less than one personality, not multiple.
References
1)Dissociative Identity Disorder: The Relevance of Behavior Analysis by Brady J. Phelps
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2)Multiplying the Multiplicity in the British Journal of Psychology
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3)The Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder With Neurotherapy and Group Self Exploration
http://www.isnr.org/index.html
4)An Analytical Review of Dissociative Identity Disorder
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro02/web1/www.ycp.edu
Dissociative fugue is considered to be more common than previously thought and some estimate it to affect 1% of the population. Dissociation is present in all races but is more common in American children. More males who have been abused may experience pathological dissociation, and George was one of them. Dissociative identity disorder is typically caused by trauma occurring at less than nine years of age. Sadly, George was abused at that young age and was by both parents. Early age of abuse onset predicts a greater degree of dissociation. Another statistic about DID is that dissociative disorders were seen in 17.2% of a large inpatient group seeking treatment for substance abuse. George has a substance abuse because of how much he drinks and how frequently he
The human psyche is a very complex, intricate thing. Why does one person act one way, while another acts completely differently? I have read three stories that have given me insight on this subject. They are "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, and Mulatto by Langston Hughes. In each of these stories, the main character exhibits a peculiar personality trait, but each stems from a different experience.
Dissociation can occur any time in our life and there is two kinds of dissociation, childhood and adulthood. Child dissociation is different from adult dissociation. Child dissociation occurs when the child is actually experiencing some sort of trauma, like abuse. Adult dissociation happens in situations like stress or family related issues. Another difference is that child dissociation does not last very long (usually a hour), but adult dissociation lasts for a longer period of time. Dissociation occurs when something so painful is happening that the mind leaves the body to go elsewhere. In Martha Stout’s essay “When I Woke up On Tuesday, It Was Friday,” she defines dissociation as the mind leaving the body and transporting our awareness to a place so far away, it feels like the person is watching from outside their body. In her essay, she tells her audience about the dangers of dissociation, such as blackout, unable to relate to others, a sense of not knowing who one is, and the sense of lost time. She also includes some of her patient’s stories and experiences with dissociation, how they struggle for sanity and how she helps them see a new meaning of life. She tells her audience that often when patients or people dissociate they have lack of self-control and self-awareness. Dissociation can happen to anybody in a dire situation, for instance a child getting abused or some other traumatic event. Martha Stout has her audience/reader rethink about dissociation particularly the harmful side of it. She has help me see that although dissociation is helpful, it could lead to suicide thought, accidents, loss of identity and sanity.
Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) Diagnostic criteria dictates that the presence of two or more distinct identities (each with its’ own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self), as well as at least two of these identities recurrently taking control of the person’s behavior coupled with the inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. The disturbance must also be proved to not be due to direct physiological effects of a substance e.g alcohol or due to a general medical condition e.g complex partial seizures. I will take it upon myself to argue that persons with MPD/Dissociative Identity Disorder should be held responsible for bad actions committed when in an alter state because these alters are not independent selves, but rather parts of a single person. And a person should be held responsible for what a part of them did.
Dissociative Identity Disorder, also known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a psychological disorder that can be caused by many things, but the most common cause is severe childhood trauma which is usually extreme, repetitive physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. A lot of people experience mild dissociation, which includes daydreaming or getting momentarily distracted while completing everyday tasks. Dissociative identity disorder is a severe form of dissociation. Severe Dissociation causes a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. Dissociative identity disorder is thought to stem from a combination of factors that may include trauma experienced by the person with the disorder.
Dissociative identity disorder, a condition that has plagued and altered the minds of those who were diagnosed for many years, represents the condition in which an individual displays multiple personalities that overpower his or her behavior around others and even alone. Such personalities or identities can have staggering differences between them even being characterized by a disparate gender, race, or age. One of the sides of them can even be animal-like and display feral qualities. Also, the disorder severs the connection between the victim’s sense of identity, emotions, actions, and even memories from their own consciousness. The cause for this is known to be a very traumatic experience that the person had gone through previously and fails to cope with it, thus they dissociate themselves from the memory in order to keep their mental state in one piece. All these results from the disorder do not begin to tell of the rest of the horrors that gnaw away at the affected human.
The alternate identities present in an individual who suffers from DID are forms of coping mechanisms for the individual.
The “ten commandments” of Dieter Rams concerning what a good design is or should be summarizes the essentials of a good design. What this paper seeks to do is to analyze and scrutinize these statements alongside Dieter Rams’ speech, discussing whether these principles capture what a good design is and what is not, making modifications to the principles where necessary.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t take reality anymore? You just want to escape it and in order to do so, your conscious awareness becomes separated from all the painful things you can’t stand, including your painful memories. Then suddenly you’re a totally different person. Another identity takes your place in suffering all the painful things you want to escape. Today, I’m going to talk to you about dissociative identity disorder (DID). I will be talking about what DID is, what causes DID and how it affects the individual (host/core). I will also mention a famous case in psychology.
My topic of choice for this research paper is Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. This appellation is rather new; therefore, most are more familiar with the disorder's older, less technical name: Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD. When first presented with the task of selecting a topic on which to center this paper, I immediately dismissed Dissociative Identity Disorder (which for the sake of brevity will be referred to as DID for the remainder of this paper) as a viable topic due to the sheer scope of the disorder. However after an exhaustive examination of other prospective topics, I found myself back at my original choice. There are several reasons why I chose DID. The foremost of which is the widespread fascination of this disorder by many different types of people; most of whom otherwise have no interest in psychology or its associated fields. One would be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t been captivated at one time or another by the extraordinary, all too well known symptoms of this disorder. This fascination… dare I say ‘allure’ to this disorder is exemplified by the myriad of motion pictures that have been produced based on cases, real or fictitious, of DID. Another reason for my choice is what I feel is the insufficiency of effective treatments for DID. Despite what is known about this disorder, (which is relatively a lot) there are only two chief treatments for DID; the first and most prevalent is psychotherapy; also known as ”talk therapy”, the second is medication. The third and final reason for my choice is my own enchantment with DID. I must admit that ever since I read about Sue Tinker, a woman who was diagnosed with over 200 different personalities. In writing this paper I hope to discover more about this disorder and perhaps be able to identify a few areas that I feel might require more research on the part of psychologists specializing in DID.
...ncement can revolutionize the healthcare sector. Smartphones are more affordable, more accessible to the population than computers because these days everyone own a smartphone and are easier to carry. In the recent years the use of cell phones and wireless sensors to gather data and access health data has grown up tremendously. Lot of mobile applications are already available in the market that count your daily calories intake, keeps track of your nutrition’s and workout plans.
According to Barlow, Durand & Stewart (2012), Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is one of several dissociative disorders in which a person experiences involve detachment or depersonalization. They go on to explain that people with DID ha...
Theory and Practice After reviewing the case of Susanna, two theories of practice have been deemed applicable for her therapy: self-psychology and narrative theory. First, self-psychology conceptualizes the idea that the sense of self is dependent upon the empathy of a significant individual, labeled as a self-object. This theory is utilized in clients with emotional injury related to traumatic life events, specifically related to self-object failure. Self-objects are primarily parental figures during childhood. According to Power (2015), Susanna idealized her mother referring to her as “the most beautiful and exciting person she had ever known”, solidifying her mother as a self-object (p. 18).
Generally, I think Dieter Ram’s ten principles of good design as well as his article “Dieter Rams on good design as a key business advantage” captures my view point of a good design although I disagree with some of his principles. I think on the whole if I am to score his principles with respect to my understanding of good design, I would score him nine (9) out of ten (10) marks. To conclude, I think Dieter’s ten principles and article adequately captures good design.
The problems and inconveniences related with overcrowding in the ED are complicated, and it is significant that ED nurses at possibility of ethical and emotional stress are not overlooked in strategic challenges to accomplish and progress this problem (Barish, Mcgauly, & Arnold, 2012). Nowadays ED overcrowding will be reducing through mHealth, because complex mHealth apps aid in areas for example; the management of chronic disease, training for health care workers, and checking of serious health indicators (Carter, Pouch, & Larson, 2014). Beyond choosing to seek care, prior work has shown that a most of patients do not fully understand the care they receive in the ED, as well as their diagnosis, radiology and laboratory tests received in the ED, and follow-up directions (Carter, Pouch, & Larson, 2014). Patients also struggle with discharge instructions, particularly when to come back to the ED and how to care for themselves at home. Due to all these form of misunderstanding they come back to ED instead of going with their primary physician. A mobile app could aid with many of these areas although securing patient privacy and maintaining confidentiality (Bauer et al., 2014). Upon discharge, the date of care and certain diagnosis could be imported into the app, together with any particular directions for post-ED care and follow-up (Bauer et al., 2014). The patient could