Kat Is Giving a Report on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)in

question 109

Multiple Choice

Kat is giving a report on dissociative identity disorder (DID) in her psychopathology seminar.A main conclusion that you would expect to hear from her talk is that

• A)most clinical psychologists agree that DID is a valid psychological disorder.
• B)most claims of sexual abuse as a precursor to DID have been proven with corroborating evidence.
• C)DID is most often created by questionable therapeutic practices rather than being a true disorder.
• D)the diagnosis of DID has dropped nearly a hundredfold since 1979.

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