PSYC 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Personality Disorder, Psychopathology
26 Mar 2018
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Generalized: inability to recall anything (identity and life history) Localized/selective: failure to recall specific (usually traumatic) events, periods of time. Most are initially unaware of amnesia until circumstances make them aware. During the amnestic episode, person travels or wanders, sometimes assuming a new identity in a different place. Unable to remember how or why one has ended up in a new place. Change may be attributed to possession by a spirit. Only considered a disorder if leads to distress or impairment. Adoption of several new identifies (as many as 100; may be just a few; average is 15) Host: the identity that keeps other identities together. Switch: quick transition from one personality to another. What we know is based on accumulated case studies not survey research. Form does not vary substantially across life but can see different personalities emerge in response to new life situations. 3 to 6% of psychiatric inpatients have did diagnosis.
