Elzinga,van Dyck & Spinhoven (1998)found That the Number of Reported

Multiple Choice

Elzinga,van Dyck & Spinhoven (1998) found that the number of reported cases of Dissociative identity Disorder(DID) worldwide rose from 79 in 1980 to 6000 in 1986,and the vast majority of these have been reported in the US.Which of the following IS NOT a reason for this rise?

A) During the 1970s,interest in multiple personality disorder was fuelled by the publication of Sybil (Schreiber,1973) ,a case history describing an individual with 16 personalities which was later popularised in a Hollywood film
B) Dissociative disorders such as DID are closely associated with trauma and PTSD,and interest in these syndromes grew following the experience of veterans of the Vietnam war
C) Many of the symptoms of DID can be relatively easily faked
D) Life stressors have been on the increase since that time making individuals more susceptible to DID