Hi ! Below please find research on DID. Sincerely, Neil Brick Our listing these resources does not necessarily constitute our endorsement of them. Resources mentioned in this resource list are mentioned for educational value only. Using these resources may or may not help your recovery process, so use caution when reading anything or contacting anyone mentioned in this resource list. This may be triggering for survivors of abuse. http://www.sidran.org/refs/ref5.html Prevalence Of DID 3-8% of inpatient populations (Saxe, et al., 1993 - U.S.; Ross, 1991; Ross, et al, 1991 - CANADA; Boon & Draijer, 1993 - NETHERLANDS; Knudsen, et al, 1995 - NORWAY) Nonclinical samples reveal approximately a 10% DD rate and a 1% MPD rate. There has not been a single prevalence study to date that does not find DID in both clinical and non-clinical samples. http://www.sidran.org/refs/ref3.html Amnesia In Childhood Sexual Abuse Victims Without exception in every study of sexual abuse survivors, amnesia has been found. There have been no studies that asked about amnesia that found amnesia did not exist in the studied population. http://www.sidran.org/refs/ref6.html Validity And Diagnosis Of DID (one example) McCauley, J, et al. (1997). Clinical characteristics of women with a history of childhood sexual abuse: Unhealed wounds. Journal of the American Medical Association, 277 Study of 2000 women from John Hopkins University Medical School found more than 1 in five suffered physical or sexual abuse as children. More than half of those abused as children were also abused as adults. Abused women were more than 4 times more likely to say they had experienced at least 6 health problems in the past 6 months, including headaches, nightmares, and chest pains. Suicide attempts were 5 times more likely in that population. Abused women had more physical symptoms, higher scores for depression, anxiety, somatization, and low self esteem; were more likely to be abusing drugs, have a history of alcohol abuse; and more likely to have had a psychiatric admission. http://www.sidran.org/refs/ref2.html Amnesia In Various Other Victim Populations In every study that actually looked at amnesia, it was found. There was not a single study that actually asked about amnesia that did not find some segment of the trauma population who experienced it. http://www.sidran.org/refs/ref16.html Leavitt, F. (1997). False attribution of suggestibility to explain recovered memory of childhood sexual abuse following extended amnesia. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21(3), 265-272. 44 patients with recovered memory and 31 patient comparison group without a history of childhood sexual abuse using the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale. Patients who recovered memory were remarkably less suggestible than the clinical field has been led to believe. Recovered memory patients yielded to suggested prompts an average of 6.7x per case, with an average of 10.6 in comparison group. http://www.sidran.org/refs/ref11.html Christianson, SA (1992). Emotional stress and eyewitness testimony. Psychological Bulletin, 112(2), 284-309. Emotional memories, in comparison to memory for normal events, are more detailed, accurate, and not prone to error. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
