Dissociative Disorders - Classification
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Errors of logic and scholarship concerning dissociative identity disorder.

27 Feb 2009 The author reviewed a two-part critique of dissociative identity disorder published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. The two papers contain errors of logic and scholarship. Contrary to the conclusions in the critique, dissociative identity ... Read more...

Dissociative disorders and other psychopathological groups: exploring the differences through the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20).

6 Jan 2008 OBJECTIVE: The Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire is a self-report questionnaire that has proven to be a reliable and valid instrument. The objectives of this study were to validate the Portuguese version and to determine its capability to ... Read more...

Introduction to the special issue on personality assessment in medical settings.

29 Nov 2007 This special issue of the Journal of Personality Assessment brings together 3 review articles and 5 research studies on personality assessment in medical settings that should help clinicians become more familiar with the current status of this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dissociative Disorders - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Errors of logic and scholarship concerning dissociative identity disorder. 27 Feb 2009
• Psychosis: a category or a dimension? 27 Feb 2009
• Developmental considerations for diagnosing PTSD and acute stress disorder in preschool and school-age children. 29 Sep 2008
• Dissociative disorders and other psychopathological groups: exploring the differences through the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20). 6 Jan 2008
• Introduction to the special issue on personality assessment in medical settings. 29 Nov 2007
• Should conversion disorder be reclassified as a dissociative disorder in DSM V? 30 Aug 2007
• Dissociation: the art and the science, twenty-two years later. 30 Dec 2006
• The older female patient with a complex chronic dissociative disorder. 30 Dec 2006
• Dissociative disorder underdiagnosed due to undescriptive criteria? 30 Aug 2006
• Psychological experience of gambling and subtypes of pathological gamblers. 19 Aug 2006
• [Dispute over the multiple personality disorder: theoretical or practical dilemma?] 27 Feb 2006
• Different types of "dissociation" have different psychological mechanisms. 30 Dec 2005
• The multidimensional inventory of dissociation (MID): A comprehensive measure of pathological dissociation. 30 Dec 2005
• Evidence for a dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder among help-seeking childhood sexual abuse survivors. 30 Dec 2005
• A taxometric investigation of dissociation in Vietnam veterans. 30 Jul 2005
• [Dissociative disorders] 29 Jun 2005
• Falling apart: dissociation and it disorders. How can psychotherapy heal divided minds? 30 Dec 2004
• Are there two qualitatively distinct forms of dissociation? A review and some clinical implications. 30 Dec 2004
• [Psychogenic disorders: concepts, terminology and classification] 30 Aug 2004
• Dissociative disorder in children. A case study. 30 Jul 2004

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Technical information about 'Dissociative Disorders'

Definition: Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.

Descriptor UI: D004213

Alternative terms: Dissociative Disorders; Disorder, Dissociative; Disorders, Dissociative; Dissociative Disorder; Dissociative Reaction; Dissociative Reactions; Reaction, Dissociative; Reactions, Dissociative; Hysteria, Dissociative; Dissociative Hysteria; Hysterias, Dissociative; Fugue; Dissociation;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.300;

Online Note: use DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS to search DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1969-80, FUGUE 1966-78, & DISSOCIATION 1969-78

History Note: 81; was DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1968-80; DISSOCIATION was see under DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1969-78; FUGUE was see under DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1968-78, was heading 1963-67

Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif