Dissociative Identity Disorder: Recognition, Diagnostic Assessment and Evidence-based Intervention Strategies
Increasingly, the current and frequent exposure to the various types of significant trauma encountered in social work practice demands that effective social work practitioners understand the neurobiological underpinnings, the psychological conceptualizations, successful evidence-based practice interventions and the paradigm of trauma-informed care. The awareness that PTSD is a frequent psychobehavioral outcome of trauma experiences also creates the responsibility of awareness, recognition and professional understanding of dissociation as a correlate of trauma experiences and of PTSD. However, Dissociative identity Disorder (DID) also recognized as a trauma based psychobehavioral disorder, (previously identified as Multiple Personality Disorder), is considered to be a more chronic condition and, as some older literature wrongfully suggests, it is not a rare condition. It can be frequently diagnosed in chronically traumatized individuals. It is characterized by the failure to integrate various aspects of previously dissociated memory, related affect and consciousness into a single multidimensional present self. The unconscious formation/creation of dissociated parts served as a protective function for the traumatized individual during one or more traumatic events during the developmental years. The formation/creation of an individual’s DID dissociated identities (“parts”) is based on one or more traumatic experiences during childhood developmental years ,and which continue to function in the person’s current life. Social Work intervention requires the understanding and mastery of the evidence-based trauma treatment paradigm in order for effective intervention to occur. Treatment is considered long-term and frequently requires the individual to remember dissociated content in order to create a coherent life narrative. This workshop will focus on an overview of the neurobiology of DID, diagnostic assessment of DID, and some evidence-based strategies for intervention will be provided.
Workshop objectives:
To provide participants with in-depth knowledge of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) as a complex developmental trauma-based disorder.
To provide an overview of the basic concepts of the neurobiological basis of DID
To provide an evidence-based theoretical overview of DID
To engage participants in an experiential application of evidence-based trauma-focused intervention strategies for individuals diagnosed with DID.
Attendees will earn 3.0 Category I Contact Hours.
PLEASE NOTE:
Presenter
Delores Dungee-Anderson, PhD, LCSW, CTST, Professor
Registration Fees - includes CE certificate (emailed after training)
NASW Member $50 Non-Member $72
LOCATION:
This will be a virtual training. Registrants will be sent an online access code prior to the training.
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