Dissociative Identity Disorder

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The paper explains that dissociative identity disorder is a psychological condition in which traumatic memories become disconnected from a person's normal awareness, or consciousness, thereby shielding the person from the pain or fear associated with the trauma. The paper explains that it causes the individual to experience her psyche/identity as disconnected or split into distinct parts. The paper lists the recognized types of dissociative disorders and the most common symptoms.

From the Paper:

"Dissociative disorders are uncommon, affecting an estimated 1 percent to 2 percent of the population. This kind of disorder affects females more often than males and most often begin whenever the abuse or traumatic event occurred (http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2800/2819.asp?index=9786&src=news, 2002). Many have tried to give a full and much detailed definition on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), because there have been an increasing number of reported cases of this 'illness'."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "An Overview of Dissociative Disorders". (2002). <http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2800/2819.asp?index=9786&src=news>
• Grohol, John. (2005). "Dissociative identity disorder". Psych Central <http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Dissociative_identity_disorder>.
• Dorahi, MJ.(2001). "Dissociative identity disorder and memory dysfunction: the current state of experimental research and its future directions". Clin Psychol Rev. (5):771-95.

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