Why Has the Prevalence of DID Been Increasing

question 31

Multiple Choice

Why has the prevalence of DID been increasing?

• A) It may be that the prevalence of DID has not changed at all, but that clinicians may unknowingly encourage the emergence of new identities.
• B) Children in today's society are far more likely to experience severe trauma than they were in the past.
• C) As of 1980 most insurance companies had to accept DID as a billable diagnosis.
• D) DID has only recently received full acceptance from the psychiatric community and, as a result, once hesitant professionals now readily using this diagnosis.

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