The DID Ask Box

Physical Differences Between Alters

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8888853http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/28/science/probing-the-enigma-of-multiple-personality.html?pagewanted=all&src=pmhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2333357http://www.psyn-journal.com/article/S0925-4927(07)00003-0/abstract

Neurological Differences Between Alters

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039279http://www.mendeley.com/research/functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging-personality-switches-woman-dissociative-identity-disorder/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2225470

Structural Brain Differences in Those with DID

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=96513

Arguments Against the Sociocognitive Model of DID

http://www.copingwithdissociation.com/Dell_2006_ANewModelofDID1.pdfhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735899000732http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pro/30/4/341/http://www.cme.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/AJP/3677/832.pdf

Places in Which DID has been Studied

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X99901207 (Turkey)http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=174176 (the Netherlands)http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0213-61632006000300005 (Northern Ireland)http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/2001/04000/Prevalence_of_Dissociative_Disorders_among.7.aspx (Germany)http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00048679809073868 (Australia)

India (Chiku et al., 1989) (Chaturvedi et al., 2009) (Gupta, 2005), Switzerland (Modestin, 1992), Turkey (Tukun et a.l, 1998), the Netherlands (Draijer et al., 1993) (Van der Hart et al., 2008), China (Xiao et al., 2006), the United Kingdom (Silberman et al., 1985) (Shelley, 2006) (Putnam et al., 1995), New Zealand (Barker-Collo, 2008), Norway (Knudsen et al., 1995), Israel (Somer et al., 2006) (Ginzburg et al., 2010), and Canada (Ross et al., 1991) (Horen et al., 1995). Dissociative symptoms have also been recorded in Sweden (Svedin, 2006), though Dissociative Identity Disorder was mentioned, not specified.

Here’s research that specifically compares rates of DID in Canada and China. http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:19042308 The idea is that since the Chinese public has very little information on DID, they shouldn’t have as many people who fit the criteria and can be diagnosed with the disorder if DID follows the sociocognitive model.

Children with DID

http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1997-07342-006http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890856709648218http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/014521349390006Q

Evidence for Tenant of DID: Repressed Memories (Confirmation of Abuse)

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pro/30/4/341/http://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/1994/08000/Confirmation-of-Childhood-Abuse-in-Child-and.7.aspxhttp://blogs.brown.edu/recoveredmemory/http://news.yahoo.com/siblings-discover-dads-scout-abuse-remember-own-153124952.htmlhttp://pages.uoregon.edu/dynamic/jjf/whatabout.html

As well, I’d like to ask that you search for “One Brains, Two Selves.” The PDF can’t be linked to, but the study is very much so a worthwhile read.

Not all alters have distinct distinguishable characteristics, likes/dislikes, and/or writing/speaking patterns.

Not all alters/systems will have actual names. (My ex’s system comprised mostly of titles, ie “The Instigator, The Hunter, etc..”

So many people have been talking about this lately, including me on my main account, and you know what? It’s about time that everyone stops tiptoeing around the issue. DID comes with far more problems than just co-morbid disorders and system infighting, and I see no reason not to acknowledge that.

Under a Read More because, for obvious reasons, it can be upsetting and triggering. Triggers won’t be individually labelled, but more extreme items are further down.

Isn’t it funny how some people will be all for accepting all types of DID systems but then completely reject any possibility of cores existing? I always thought that insisting that DID systems who do have a core don’t is just as bad as insisting that those who don’t have a core do, but some people seem to disagree. Structural Dissociation, or the DID model in which integration is a natural process that occurs as a child ages, is usually their defence. Now, mind you, I’m not sure that I completely accept Structural Dissociation in the first place. After all, who’s to say that there won’t be a more accurate model developed over time? Nor is Structural Dissociation as described by Tumblr (interestingly enough, most on Tumblr fail to incorporate the entirety of Structural Dissociation into their understanding of DID) the only currently accepted model for DID. However, even with all of that said, Structural Dissociation and having a core are not mutually exclusive.

(Under a ready more to avoid clogging the tag)