A. DSM IV CRITERIA DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative identity disorder. Presence of two or more identities or personalities that take control of the person’s behavior; loss of memory for important personal information.
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER INFLICTED WITH THE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER Sybil Dorsett, the character in the movie inflicted with the psychiatric disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), is a very simple woman who due to her love for painting teaches in an art school. Since she does not have any siblings, her father is the only relative she has since her mother died. She lives in a small New York apartment on her own wherein she would never have any visitors. She is kind of aloof with…show more content… For patients with DID, ongoing process-oriented groups, which might be available in some settings, can be nontherapeutic when patients reveal too much and overwhelm the group or regress. Individual therapy should be in progress and might have been initiated before hospitalization. Task-oriented groups are beneficial. Occupational therapy and art therapy provide patients with a means of nonverbal expression to reveal material that cannot be verbally accessed. Attendance at milieu meetings decreases isolation from the community. For patients with dissociative disorders, cognitive therapy, relaxation, stress management, meditation, and exercise are beneficial. Cognitive therapy can help decrease blame or guilt surrounding issues of physical or sexual abuse.
Before discharge, a safety plan and no-harm contract might be necessary, as well as initiating or continuing a support system for the patient. Self-help groups provide outpatients with the opportunity to practice social skills and problem solving to develop a sense of empowerment and control.
F. LEARNING DERIVED
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly called multiple personality disorder, is one of a group of conditions called dissociative disorders. Dissociative disorders are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. When one or more of these functions is disrupted, symptoms can result. These symptoms can interfere with a
