What Are the Essential Elements of the Final Project Report

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What are the essential elements of the final project report?

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Definitions:

DSM

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a handbook used by healthcare professionals as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states that control an individual's behavior at different times, along with memory gaps for the time when another personality is in control.

Alters

Refers to each of the unique personalities in an individual who has dissociative identity disorder (DID). Alters may be very different from each other, with opposite personality traits (e.g., one very extraverted and another very introverted), and differences in the age, sex, race, and family history they claim to have.

Unique Personalities

Refers to the distinctive set of traits, behaviors, and thought patterns that make up an individual's character, distinguishing them from others.