Name: ___________________________________

DATE:_______________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What is one of the first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder (DID)?

A. Severe headaches
B. Hearing voices in your head
C. Excessive sleeping
D. Mood swings

2. What disorder is common confused with DID?

A. Borderline persoanality disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Paranoia
D. Depression

3. What is the easiest way to take control over the personalities of DID?
A. Trying to become friends with each
B. Ignoring them talking
C. Lobotomy
D. Giving each personality a task

4. Which treatment of DID is highly debated as being helpful?

A. Psychotherapy
B. Taking many pills
C. Trepanation
D. Hypnosis

5. What is the main concern of patients when going to a therapist?

A. Not receiving medicine
B. Lack of freedom
C. Being made fun of
D. The therapist falling asleep

6. What is one way to distinguish DID and Borderline Personality Disorder?

A. Rorschach Inkblot test
B. Personality test
C. CAT Scan
D. Fitness test

7. What is a symptom that DID patients have that Borderline Personality Disorder patients do
not?
A. Aggression
B. Amnesia
C. Talking to themselves
D. Paranoia
8. What is the minimum amount of personalities to qualify for DID?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1

9. What is the patient with the disorder called when personalities take over?
A. The Alter
B. The Victim
C. The Problem
D. The Host

10. In Lamerial Jacobsons study, what was the main effective approach that patients gave as
effective for counseling?
A. Recording the sessions
B. A set recovery program
C. Reviewing the sessions
D. Pacing of the sessions

TRUE/FALSE

1. Sexual abuse, physical abuse, and mental abuse can cause DID.
A. True
B. False

2. When patients hear the voices in their head, they are very uplifting and happy.
A. True
B. False

3. Patients with DID can remember everything as if they did not have the disorder.
A. True
B. False

4. Many patients are diagnosed with another disorder before DID.

A. True
B. False

5. Sophia was considered co-conscious meaning she could communicate with her alters.
A. True
B. False

6. Patients think support groups help themselves while many therapists think support groups
could harm the patient even more.
A. True
B. False

7. DID was only recently recognized in the DSM-V. Before that, it was never a real disorder.
A. True
B. False
8. Distinguishing each personality is an important part in recovery for the patient.
A. True
B. False

9. All therapists are experts in DID and can diagnose a patient with DID during the first session.
A. True
B. False

10. Many patients felt concerned that a therapist would take away their personal autonomy by
recommending them to a hospital without asking.
A. True
B. False