Mental Illness
... Dissociative Identity Disorder Schizophrenia is one of the most common mental illnesses. ... They are two different mental illnesses. ... They have diminished as compared to the acute phase of the illness. ... People who have a higher level of functioning before their illness occurs, are more likely to have a better outcome. ... There are several different approaches to treating schizophrenia, but an individual with the illness is never fully cured. ... Dissociation is a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a persons thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. ... Individuals diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder usually experienced physical, sexual, or verbal abuse in their childhood, or had a parent with the illness. ... The individual with the mental illness reads and understands what it is and how to cope with the symptoms. ... The two mental illnesses that people get confused are schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder. ... Individuals with these mental illnesses can lead normal lives, like going to work and having relationships, but if the symptoms are severe, the individual may be hospitalized. ... As you can see, dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia are two different mental illnesses. ... The main thing that separates the two is the definition of each mental illness.