Therapy groups can assist patients to feel more in control; patients with DID tend to feel as if they have no control over their other personalities. Providing groups for DID patients to discuss their experiences together can be beneficial to teach patients how other patients find their sense of control. Evidence shows that specific forms of talking therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy may reduce the frequency of self-harm and the amount of hospitalizations. Suicide and Mental disorders. (n.d.). Retrieved April 8, 2017, from http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0004867414555419. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral approach that focuses on the psychosocial aspect of treatment for individuals who are diagnosed with DID. DBT provides support to patients by building on their strengths; it also helps with assisting patients to discover their triggers and how to avoid those triggers during daily life. DBT groups require patients to work hand and hand with treatment teams in order to improve their lives. Groups such as these can be the most beneficial to patients who are diagnosed with DID, since DID is a chronic illness that does not have a cure, patients must learn how to live their lives as normal as possible, and how to manage their triggers and
Therapy groups can assist patients to feel more in control; patients with DID tend to feel as if they have no control over their other personalities. Providing groups for DID patients to discuss their experiences together can be beneficial to teach patients how other patients find their sense of control. Evidence shows that specific forms of talking therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy may reduce the frequency of self-harm and the amount of hospitalizations. Suicide and Mental disorders. (n.d.). Retrieved April 8, 2017, from http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0004867414555419. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral approach that focuses on the psychosocial aspect of treatment for individuals who are diagnosed with DID. DBT provides support to patients by building on their strengths; it also helps with assisting patients to discover their triggers and how to avoid those triggers during daily life. DBT groups require patients to work hand and hand with treatment teams in order to improve their lives. Groups such as these can be the most beneficial to patients who are diagnosed with DID, since DID is a chronic illness that does not have a cure, patients must learn how to live their lives as normal as possible, and how to manage their triggers and