What is one reason why the prevalence of DID has been increasing?
A) Children in today's society are far more likely to experience severe trauma than they were in the past.
B) DID has only recently received full acceptance from the psychiatric community and thus professionals are now using this diagnosis.
C) As of 1980 most insurance companies had to accept DID as a billable diagnosis.
D) It may be that the prevalence of DID has not changed at all, but that clinicians may unknowingly encourage the emergence of new identities.

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The increase in DID diagnoses can be attributed to clinicians potentially encouraging the emergence of new identities, rather than a true increase in prevalence. This phenomenon suggests a change in diagnostic practices or therapeutic interactions rather than an actual rise in the disorder itself.

What Is One Reason Why the Prevalence of DID Has