What Is One Reason Why the Prevalence of DID Has

question 57

Multiple Choice

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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Definitions:

Formalization

The extent to which rules, procedures, and standards are written and explicitly articulated within an organization.

Duplication

The act of making an exact copy of something, often used in the context of data replication or the reproduction of research results for validation.

Underutilization

The situation where resources, such as personnel, equipment, or capacity, are not being used to their full potential.

Departmentalization

Departmentalization is an organizational strategy of dividing a company or institution into specialized sectors or departments, each focused on a distinct function or area of operation.