1-68What Is One Reason Why the Prevalence of DID Has

question 65

Multiple Choice

1-68.What is one reason why the prevalence of DID has been increasing?

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

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