Dissociation Fundamentals for Clinical Care

Course #9657L-


Study Points

  1. Define dissociation in a comprehensive manner.
  2. Identify three of the most common myths and misconceptions about conducting trauma therapy with people who have dissociative identities (DID) and other dissociative responses.
  3. Describe how stigma in both the media and the psychological professions has created a hesitancy or fear of addressing dissociation clinically.
  4. Explain how phenomenology, or listening to the lived experiences of people with dissociative disorders, can help clinicians build more effective treatment plans and strategies.
  5. Develop a treatment plan that is both trauma-informed and dissociation-responsive.

    1 . Dissociation comes from a Latin root meaning to
    A) traumatize/wound.
    B) become psychotic.
    C) sever/divide.
    D) hurt/heal.

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    2 . Which popular therapeutic trauma writer is discussed in this course as making comments that perpetuated bias against people with dissociative disorders/minds?
    A) Dan Siegel
    B) Pierre Janet
    C) Frank Anderson
    D) Richard Schwartz

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    3 . According to the "Keep it Simple" slide, the general purpose(s) of dissociation are to
    A) protect.
    B) protect and to meet a need.
    C) meet a need.
    D) get attention and to meet a need.

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    4 . What is the older term (still used in the DSM-5) that many people with dissociative identities are moving away from to describe the various parts or aspects of their internal world?
    A) Alters
    B) Parts
    C) Ego states
    D) Schema

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    5 . Which of the following is NOT a common myth about people with dissociative identity disorder (DID) that is currently perpetuated in the clinical professions?
    A) People with clinically significant dissociation, especially those with DID, do not respond to treatment.
    B) People with clinically significant dissociation, especially those with DID, are more susceptible to putting others at risk.
    C) People with clinically significant dissociation, especially those with DID, cannot hope to live a fully functional or thriving life.
    D) DID is very common.

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    6 . Which of the following films is endorsed and recommended by your presenter as an accurate portrayal of DID on film?
    A) Sybil
    B) Split
    C) Petals of a Rose
    D) The Crowded Room

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    7 . OSDD stands for
    A) otherwise specified dissociative disorder.
    B) otherwise simplified dissociative disorder.
    C) otherwise specified dissociative depression.
    D) obsessive schizophrenic dissociative disorder.

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    8 . Team, family, and collective are all plausible alternative constructs to which common term used in working with DID?
    A) Alter
    B) System
    C) Node
    D) Parts

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    9 . "[DID] treatment can take a general medical, alternative, or traditional psychiatric approach," is a contention made by which person with lived experience in this presentation?
    A) Dr. Jamie Marich, your presenter
    B) Melissas Parker
    C) Cheryl
    D) Dr. Adrian Fletcher

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    10 . What is the title of the hallmark paper written by Dr. Bethany Brand and colleagues that your presenter recommends sharing with psychiatrists or others who doubt the existence of and prevalence of DID?
    A) Separating Fact from Fiction
    B) No Bad Parts
    C) Dissociation Made Simple
    D) Transcending Trauma

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    11 . What comment best summarizes your presenter's contentions about working with the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) in clinical settings?
    A) Score it carefully and use a score of 30 or higher to rule out doing more advanced trauma therapy.
    B) Score it carefully and use the normed numbers on the resource provided to make the most accurate diagnosis.
    C) You can score it for general information, yet it's mostly useful as a conversation starter to assist in treatment planning.
    D) Never treat a client without giving a DES.

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    12 . This term, which comes from the Latin root meaning "showing through," is imperative in therapeutic relationship work with people with DID or any complex trauma?
    A) Boundaries
    B) Transparency
    C) Vulnerability
    D) Fluidity

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    13 . Which common phrase used in this course is most closely associated with the philosophical school called phenomenology?
    A) Lived experience
    B) Learned experience
    C) Dissociation
    D) Research

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    14 . Which organization is cited in the course as a premier advocacy organization for bridging lived and learned experience and working with clinicians, survivors, and family members?
    A) Multiplied by One
    B) An Infinite Mind
    C) The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
    D) Hearing Voices Network

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    15 . Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) was called what in earlier iterations of the DSM?
    A) Psychotic disorder
    B) Schizophrenia
    C) Multiple personality disorder
    D) Plurality

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