1-66Why Has the Term "Multiple Personality Disorder" Been Replaced with "Dissociative

question 98

Multiple Choice

1-66.Why has the term "multiple personality disorder" been replaced with "dissociative identity disorder"?

• A)The old term was often used to refer to both schizophrenia and DID,thus a new term was needed to end this confusion.
• B)The word "multiple" suggested the presence of more identities than were commonly observed.
• C)Fully developed personalities are not present in DID,just varying expressions of different aspects of the patient's personality.
• D)A new diagnostic term was wanted to remove some of the stigma associated with the old term and its presentation in the media.

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