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by ||*Henry*|| » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:38 am
Pardon me if i sound rude at all, but although i am only 14 years old i am studying: Internal medicine - level 2 (University of Canterbury)
321-429 Neurosciences. biological psychiatry, neurology
435-571 Psychiatry
554-569 Personality disorders, behaviour problems including drug abuse, child abuse etc.
569-571 Developmental disabilities.
952-1245 Special situations and conditions e.g. geriatrics.
My Grandmother has been psychiatric nursing for over 40 years and i have at least 3 people i my life (close to me) who are diagnosed schizophrenics...
This is from the Wiki (from which you will find a large range of references to literature and external links providing substantial evidence of my claims, written by world renowned psychiatrists, associations and medical journals which are very modern and updated):
Dissociative identity disorder
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), as defined by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), is a mental condition whereby a single individual evidences two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. The diagnosis requires that at least two personalities routinely take control of the individual's behavior and that there is associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness, often referred to as losing time or acute Dissociative Amnesia[1]. The symptoms of DID must not be the direct result of substance abuse or a more general medical condition in order to be diagnosed. DID was originally named Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), and, as referenced above, that name remains in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.
This condition is not an equivalent for schizophrenia (DSM-IV Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders), as is a common misconception. The term schizophrenia comes from root words for "split mind," but refers more to a fracture in the normal functioning of the brain, than the personality. It makes people think they are two or more different people...check out the link for moe info (dont forget to take out the space between the http and the colon)
http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder
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||*Henry*|| on Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:48 am, edited 1 time in total.