A friend of yours asks, "Isn't it easy to tell when a person is faking the symptoms of dissociative identity disorder?" An accurate answer would be: ____.
A)"No, because there is no way to accurately determine the existence of multiple personalities."
B)"Yes, you can give them personality tests, those can't be faked."
C)"Yes, diagnosis is usually done after hypnosis, when people are most truthful."
D)"Yes, differences in EEG tracing prove who is showing a different personality and who is not."

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There is no reliable way to determine whether someone is faking dissociative identity disorder or if they truly have the disorder, as it is a controversial diagnosis and there is much debate about its validity. Additionally, there is no definitive diagnostic test for dissociative identity disorder.

A Friend of Yours Asks, "Isn't It Easy to Tell