Im sorry you went through that. maybe you can ask him which scores were high and which scores were low. psychiatric evaluations like the DES have special "scales" with in it and tests for many things like PTSD, normal dissociation vs abnormal amounts of dissociation, levels of depersonalization, levels of derealization, levels of dissociative amnesia, levels of dissociative fugue, validity, co consciousness, and many others.

it doesn not test for DID, it can point the way to a "possibility" but it doesnt say you are DID. it tests for levels of dissociation in all mental disorders vs normal dissociation.

the DES is also supposed to be used together with tests to be done without the persons knowledge like communication, observatory, memory, and other verbal tests.

All together some of the scoring is supposed to be high and some of the scoring is supposed to be low. usually if all the test results are scored as high even those questions that are supposed to show you have times of normal dissociation that everyone has, it points the testor towards the possibility that the person being tested may not be answering with complete honesty.

here in NY if you dont agree with a psych evaluations results you can get a second opinion.

my suggestion if you dont agree with the results, go get that second opinion. I did when I was first diagnosed. its hard sometimes accepting a mental disorder, I did not believe I had DID when the results said I did. when two psychiatric evaluations confirmed it I had no choice but to accept it.

it can work the other way too. a second evaluation can confirm what you already feel is your mental disorder.