Citation

Ross CA, Miller SD, Reagor P, Bjornson L, Fraser GA, Anderson G. Am. J. Psychiatry 1990; 147(5): 596-601.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2183634

Abstract

Patients with multiple personality disorder (N = 102) at four different centers were interviewed with the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule. The presenting characteristics of the patients at all four centers were very similar. The clinical profile that emerged included a history of childhood physical and/or sexual abuse in 97 (95.1%) of the cases. The subjects reported an average of 15.2 somatic symptoms, 6.4 Schneiderian symptoms, 10.2 secondary features of the disorder, 5.2 borderline personality disorder criteria, and 5.6 extrasensory experiences; their average score on the Dissociative Experiences Scale was 41.4. The results indicate that multiple personality disorder has a stable, consistent set of features.

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