"I think I have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)": How social media can create an illness identity

Presenter Information

Tiffany Fowler, Psychology

Abstract

We examined whether searching for diagnostic information on social media is related to misunderstanding of DID.

Keywords:

psychology, diagnoses, dissociative identity disorder, illness identity, social media

Status

Undergraduate

Department

Psychology

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Campus

Athens

Faculty Mentor

Suhr, Julie

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