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Is Borderline personality disorder and Multiple personality disorder the same?
No. Personality disorders are those disorders which severely and negatively affect relating to other people - such as attatchment disorders or behavior disorders. The person with one of these disorders can harm, directly or indirectly, those around them. They come in three subtypes: Odd or eccentric behavior [schizoid, paranoid, schizotypal] Dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior [antisocial, borderline, narcissistic] Anxious fearful behavior. [Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive]. Almost everyone has a few negative traits that fall under one or more personality disorder categories - fear of criticism, fear of rejection, fear of looking foolish, daydreaming over action, isolation, chronic boredom, or excessive dependency, etc. It is when severe negative traits of the same type cluster together that a personality disorder is diagnosed. Multiple Personality Disorder, more properly known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, is a diagnosis handed out due to the following criteria: 1) At least two dissociative and lasting personality states must alternatily control a persons behavior 2) Impairment of the ability to recall personal information, or other memory lossy loss must occur which cannot be accounted for by ordinary forgetfulness. [According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] These criteria are very important, as it seperates Multiplicity in general from dissociative identity disorder. Dissociation is "loss of sense of self". For a disorder to exist, something must be going wrong with the natural functioning of the body. With natural multiplicity, the members of a [healthy] system are their own unique selves. Even if one member takes primary control of the body for a time, the other[s] do not lose their sense of self. Even if the members were to share control, they do not melt into each other, feel like one has suddenly become a different person, or feel like another person's thoughts are his own. Furthermore, most multiple systems do not meet the amnesia or loss of time criteria of the DSM manual. The dissociative identity disorder criteria hits at this crucial distinguishing point. There are those people who suffer from dissociative fugues [periods of temporary amnesia about themselves, wherein they often form new personalities in the interim until their memory returns], and depersonalization disorder/derealization [loss of self, feeling disconnected, not feeling in control of one's speech or movements, feeling detatched from one's thoughts or emotions, feeling like a robot, etc]. Both multiples and non-multiples may suffer from dissociative identity disorder. As with personality disorders, the criteria of Dissociative Identity Disorder also requires a significant impairment of mental and social functioning. In this area, they are similar.
What causes dissociative state?
Dissociative disorders usually develop as a way to cope with trauma. The disorders most often form in children subjected to chronic physical, sexual or emotional abuse or, less frequently, a home environment that is otherwise frightening or highly unpredictable. Personal identity is still forming during childhood, so a child is more able than is an adult to step outside of himself or herself and observe trauma as though it's happening to a different person. A child who learns to dissociate in order to endure an extended period of his or her youth may use this coping mechanism in response to stressful situations throughout life. Though it's rare, adults may develop dissociative disorders in response to severe trauma.
How many people have multiple personality disorder?
Partly that they really DO NOT KNOW what it is that is why they keep changing names, relabeling and recatorizing it. They want to put multiples in a unique box and demand they live up to the diagnosis. The truth is that every multiple is different with ONE common denominator which is trauma in early childhood. Because every person is unique no multiple is alike. They cannot merely "tag" a person and say THIS IS YOUR PROBLEM! I can appreciate a more "scientific" point of view of the functioning of the human brain done by Dr. Fredrick Schiffer of Harvard. His study of the human brain actually proves that it is possible for two distinct personalities to develope in early childhood on both sides of the brain, thus creating a "separate" personality of right-brain, left-brain thinking, responses and developmental behaviors. Researchers are more objective in this study than therapists who love to take on such absurd notions that multiples are MENTALLY ILL and must be CURED of some disease or disorder. But in fact, those that suffer trauma and disassociated from it are relatively easier to convince that they should "control" such impulses themselves rather than treating the alters individually. This is why therapy takes TOO LONG in most cases. The "disassociator" is required by therapists to STOP DISASSOCIATING and TAKE CONTROL of themselves rather than BECOMING other people. They are doing MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD because if one "disassociates" how can they be IN CONTROL when they "disappear"? Disassociators are NOT in control, period and research has proven the parts of the brain SHUT DOWN while other parts continue to function. It really is a fascinating study. You might want to pick up the book OF TWO MINDS by Dr. Schiffer. GOOD LUCK!
What is the verb form of the word identity?
The verb form of identity is identify. As in "to identify something or someone".
What is the least common form of a mood disorder?
bipolar disorder
What is the Adverb form of identity?
The adverb form of "identity" is "identically," which means in an identical manner or way.
What alters the form or phase of a sudstance but not its chemical identity?
Heat or pressure can change its form but not chemical identity.
Can be cured form down syndrome?
No, Down Syndrome is permanent.
Does ham contain glucose?
That depends on how the ham was cured. Most commercial hams have been cured with some form of sugar or honey.
What is the Full form of SIM used in mobilephones?
respected sir what is the Full form of SIM Full form of SIM:Subscribers Identity Module
How many people are cured form Malaria each year?
Every year there are around 3-400 million people cured from malaria.
Is aspberger's an axis 1 disorder?
Aspergers is classified as a form of autism, which is an axis 1 disorder.
