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mpobi80

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Vanessa, who is 40, apparently believes that she is a 20-year-old woman. Suddenly, however, she starts to speak and behave very differently, and says she no longer thinks of herself as Vanessa.. Instead, she claims to be Elise, a 10-year-old child. It is likely that Vanessa has just experienced a
 
  a. switch.
 b. dissociative fugue.
 c. conversion reaction.
  d. Manic episode.

Question 2

One aspect of the DSM-5 criteria for diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder is
 
  a. patient awareness of the distinct personalities.
 b. existence of three or more personality fragments.
  c. amnesia.
 d. history of abuse.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c


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