Why are many psychologists skeptical about the number of individuals who are given the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
? The number of reported cases of dissociative identity disorder has increased from a handful of cases in 1980 to tens of thousands of cases in the mid-1990s, mostly in North America.
? This rapid increase in diagnoses of dissociative identity disorder meant that its treatment became a lucrative business.
? Experts note that cases of dissociative identity disorder can be unwittingly generated by clinicians themselves.
? "Dissociative amnesia," the mechanism that supposedly explains DID, lacks historical and empirical support.
? Published cases have been influenced by uncritical media reports.
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