I'm not sure about elsewhere, but here in Scotland DID and dissociation are fully understood. My psychologist advised me that DID has been found to often be misdiagnosed, with people being diagnosed with DID rather that dissociation NOS or other dissociative conditions. My previous psychologist (who was American) diagnosed me with DID but stated that although I have DID, I do not have multiples and that I had different parts instead. I know that I definitely dissociate, and I do lose time and can end up places i hadn't planned on being, but I do agree with my current psychologist who diagnosed me with dissociation and ruled out DID.

Hope that helps in some way.x