Dissociative Identity Disorder Case Study

Diagnosing someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder or what we call DID for short can be very complex and difficult at times. DID is know previously as Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD for short. This has been characterized as having at least two or more different and distinctive personalities outside of the person’s normal personality and social and cultural norms. However, multiple personality disorder did not end up being a diagnosis until the 1800s but even then it did not actually make it into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders until the 3rd addition in 1952. Once the DSM IV came out it was changed from MPD to DID. Even despite the fact that this diagnosis is in our DSM’s and it has diagnostic criteria this is a really controversial topic even between qualified mental health professionals. Some would even say that they believe that the diagnosis is “from other disorders like bipolar disorder, mania, schizophrenia, and even psychopathy” (Smothers, 2017). This is something that is the same for how the diagnosis was developed and it is complex on being able to the right way to treat DID and everyone is affected by the aspect of this diagnosis. The view of this diagnosis and the many different controversial conversations that are had over DID comes from numerous different thought processes, anywhere from misdiagnosis, suggestion, and even “faking” the diagnosis. This has gone as far as some professionals …show more content…
This is a disorder that is faced with numerous controversies and most of the professionals that I have spoke with feel that this is a disorder that is in fact not true at all. However, there are also a fair amount of professionals that do in fact believe that this in a valid disorder and not someone just trying to place a label on someone who is considered different based off of the societal