Question

Nora's husband insisted that she go to a mental health clinic when she was unable to explain or remember her frequent absences from home, phone calls from people that she claimed she had never heard of, and check stubs from checks that she couldn't remember writing. At the clinic, Nora admitted there were long stretches of her life that were completely blank to her. Suddenly, using a different voice, facial expression, and demeanor, Nora said to the psychologist, "Don't pay any attention to that old Nora. She's just a bore. My name is Patty, and I'm a lot more fun to talk to." The psychologist suspects that Nora's symptoms are characteristic of:

A) anorexia nervosa.
B) dissociative identity disorder.
C) bulimia nervosa.
D) narcissistic personality disorder.

Answer 1

B) dissociative identity disorder.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dissociative identity disorder: The term dissociative identity disorder is also referred with the term DID, and multiple personality disorder or MPD.

The DID is considered to be a mental disorder that is distinguished by at least two or more relatively enduring and distinct personality states or types. The disorder comes along with memory gaps that can be explained in terms of ordinary forgetfulness.

Generally, it involves problems like identity, behavior, memory, emotion, and sense of self.

Symptoms: Substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

In the question above, the psychologist suspects that Nora's symptoms are characteristic of dissociative identity disorder.