Dissociative identity disorder: An empirical overview

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Authors

Martin J. Dorahy · University of Canterbury

Bethany L. Brand · Towson University

Vedat Şar · Istanbul University

Christa Krüger · University of Pretoria

Pam Stavropoulos

Alfonso Martínez‐Taboas · Carlos Albizu University

Roberto Lewis‐Fernández · Columbia University

Abstract

The empirical literature on DID is accumulating, although some areas remain under-investigated. Existing data show DID as a complex, valid and not uncommon disorder, associated with developmental and cultural variables, that is amenable to psychotherapeutic intervention.

Topics & Keywords

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Mental Health and Psychiatry Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 48, Issue 5, pp. 402-417

DOI: 10.1177/0004867414527523

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