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Dissociative identity disorder [1] [2]; Other names: Multiple personality disorder Split personality disorder: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: At least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states, [3] recurrent episodes of dissociative amnesia, [3] inexplicable intrusions into consciousness (e.g., voices, intrusive thoughts, impulses, trauma-related beliefs ...
Multiplicity (subculture) Multiplicity, also called plurality or polypsychism, is an online subculture of people identifying as having or using multiple personalities, [1][2][3] or as having multiple people occupying one mind and body. Multiplicity communities mostly exist online through social media platforms. [3]
Other specified dissociative disorder. Other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) is a mental health diagnosis for pathological dissociation that matches the DSM-5 criteria for a dissociative disorder, but does not fit the full criteria for any of the specifically identified subtypes, which include dissociative identity disorder, dissociative ...
The Multiscale Dissociation Inventory (MDI) is a comprehensive, self-administered, multiscale instrument developed by Paul F. Dell. [1] It is designed to assess the domain of dissociative phenomena. [2] The MDI measures 14 major facets of pathological dissociation and uses 23 scales to diagnose dissociative disorders. [1][3]
Dissociation (psychology) Dissociation is a concept that has been developed over time and which concerns a wide array of experiences, ranging from a mild emotional detachment from the immediate surroundings, to a more severe disconnection from physical and emotional experiences.
Background. It contains twenty-eight questions and returns an overall score as well as four sub-scale results. [1] DES is intended to be a screening test, since only 17% of patients with scores over 30 will be diagnosed with having dissociative identity disorder. [2] Patients with lower scores above normal may have other post-traumatic conditions.
Purpose. determine major DSM disorders. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID) is a semi-structured interview guide for making diagnoses according to the diagnostic criteria published in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). [1] The development of SCID has followed the evolution of the DSM and multiple ...
Spanos also contributed to the study of dissociative identity disorder through his proposal of the sociocognitive model. [9] He proposed that exhibiting multiple identities is a social role based upon the norms of a given culture, that it is an attention seeking behaviour reinforced by therapists through hypnosis, which Spanos describes as ...