Bradford reports the following unusual experiences: He finds used tea bags in the waste basket,although he does not like tea and lives alone;he discovered several suits in his closet that he had no memory of buying and did not like;he has had people greet him calling him "William" or "Christian" whom he has never met before.Which DSM-IV-TR diagnosis would best fit Bradford's symptoms?
A)dissociative amnesia
B)dissociative fugue
C)depersonalization disorder
D)dissociative identity disorder

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Bradford's symptoms suggest dissociative identity disorder (DID), as he expresses memory loss for purchasing suits and meeting strangers who call him by different names. The presence of alters or alternate personalities is suggested by the found tea bags, which Bradford did not use, but the alters may have.

Bradford Reports the Following Unusual Experiences: He Finds Used Tea