“There needs to be a nationwide awareness programme for all NHS staff, to educate them about dissociative disorders. Diagnoses need to be more obtainable within the NHS; people's lives should be placed ahead of funding restraints and bureaucratic red tape. We need minimum standards of care and treatment agreed and implemented within the NHS to end the current nightmare of the postcode lottery—not just guidelines that can be ignored but actual regulations.” Mental IllnessPsychiatryDissociative Identity DisorderDissociationAbuse SurvivorsPsychotherapyMental Health StigmaTraumatizedDissociative DisorderDissociative DisordersMisdiagnosisNhsRegulationsMental Health ProfessionalsMental Health BiasMental Health SystemMisdiagnosedNational Health ServiceHealth ServiceNice GuidelinesMental Health TreatmentNhs FundingPostcode Lottery Book:Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices Source: Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices
“Those with dissociative disorders face a big enough battle living as multiples and dealing with past trauma. Like everyone else, they deserve to be heard and recognised, not stigmatised.” Mental HealthMental IllnessDissociative Identity DisorderStigmaDissociationMultiplicityMultiple Personality DisorderMental Health StigmaDissociative DisorderDissociative DisordersMental Health ProfessionalsMental Health BiasMental Health SystemAnti StigmaMental Health ProblemsNot Being HeardStigmatised Book:Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices Source: Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices