Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Quiz

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Dissociative Identity Disorder is characterized in the DSM IV by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states that recurrently take control of behavior. In spite of its inclusion in the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders' (Edition IV) some psychiatrists believe there is no such illness as DID. True or false? Answer: (One Word true or false)

2. Dissociative Identity Disorder is the same as Multiple Personality Disorder. Answer: (One Word true or false)

3. Patients with DID have more than one person living in their bodies. Answer: (One Word true or false)

4. DID manifests itself the same way in every person affected. Answer: (One Word true or false)

5. Some alter personalities are so completely separate that they establish independent lives. Answer: (One Word true or false)

6. All persons with DID are aware that they have it. Answer: (One Word true or false)

7. Most people with DID spend an average of 7 years in the mental health system before they are correctly diagnosed. True False

8. The goal for healing for all persons with DID is integration. Answer: (One Word true or false)

9. In DID there is always a 'good' personality and an 'evil' personality. Answer: (One Word true or false)

10. DID usually occurs when a person is abused beyond their ability to cope. Answer: (One Word true or false)