Design 21: Social Design Network

Here's some basic information from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

• Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is diagnosed three to nine times more frequently in women than in men and may be even more than that
• Females also tend to have more identities (15 or more on average) wheras men average approximately 8.
• DID diagnosis is on the rise in the US, but the cause (increased awareness vs. increased prevalence) is unknown.
• It is often 6 to 7 years from when the first symptom appears until the diagnosis has been made. It may be come less likely to manifest beyond the late 40's, and may re-emerge during episodes of stress, trauma, or substance abuse.

In the DSM and the ICD, the diagnosis is 300.14 - a google for this should turn up some additional information, such as diagnostic criteria and a lot of editorial on the subject. (such as "DSM 300.14 Dissociative Identity Disorder")

Sorry I don't have much data regarding treatment, but a decent library with access to medical journals should have at least some information for you.

thanx for the brilliant info..

I too got some info regarding the same after searching the medical journals from librarires & internet..but iam unable to retrieve any info regarding the hospital planning & treatment functionology of mpd patients.If you come accross, any such data, i kindly request you to please pass that on to me.

thanx again