Re: QA#1 response

Only about 3% of people in psychiatric institutes are said to have this, which is tiny amount seeing as it's the psychiatric population not the entire population. I assume the form of DID you are referring to is the kind that used to be called MPD because in most cases of DID the personality types act to the world in predictably similar ways, only a little bit different. Also it has been debated whether this form of DID actually exists partially because it has such a low prevalence rate.

Now looking at the prosecuting aspect it is actually worse to sentence someone to be incarcerated in a mental institution than it is to actually put people in prison in many cases. This is due to the fact that most people who's pleas of insanity are allowed eventually get lost in the system as a mental patient.

So to the question no they definitely should not be held criminally responsible. Both for reasons of precedent and because legally (especially with such a small population)the system is suppose to uphold the ideal of sparing innocent people of wrong prosecution.
Those with mental disorders need to be helped by doctors not put into a prison where their disorder will most likely be exacerbated. And those stupid enough to subject themselves to a mental institution and possibly be stuck there for the bulk of their lives and put under the (sadly) shitty care that is offered to those deemed dangerous in the mental health care system for that period of time. well too bad buddy: you are retarded (ironic statement?)