Everything You Need To Know About Dissociative Identity Disorder

Medication For DID Treatment

There are no medications used specifically to treat dissociative identity disorder, but a variety of drugs can be used to relieve some of the symptoms along with therapy. These include neuroleptics such as aripiprazole, ziprasidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine, anticonvulsants, which act as mood stabilizers, and antidepressants to reduce anxiety and apprehension. These medications tend to be prescribed in smaller dosages for DID patients than they would be for someone who suffers from the mental illness they are typically prescribed for.

How Is Dissociative Identity Disorder Treated in Children?

Dissociative identity disorder usually goes undiagnosed until the patient reaches adulthood, but in cases when a child shows signs of having dissociative identity disorder or any kind of dissociation in general, it is worth to investigate to prevent the illness from affecting them further. When it is suspected that a child may be suffering abuse, it must immediately be reported, and professionals will be required to intervene. This professional can be a psychiatrist, social service representative, a behavioral pediatrician, or a child abuse specialist. There was a famous case in the 1990s when a young girl gained media attention for being a 'young psychopath' until a professional was able to identify she actually suffered from dissociative identity disorder due to abuse. She is now fully recovered and a professional in the area.