@article{ref1,
title="The comorbidity of daydreaming disorder (maladaptive daydreaming)",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2017",
author="Somer, Eli and Soffer-Dudek, Nirit and Ross, Colin A.",
volume="205",
number="7",
pages="525-530",
abstract="To determine the comorbidity profile of individuals meeting criteria for a proposed new disorder, daydreaming disorder (more commonly known as maladaptive daydreaming [MD]), the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders were administered to 39 participants who met criteria for MD on a structured interview. We determined high rates of comorbidity: 74.4% met criteria for more than three additional disorders, and 41.1% met criteria for more than four. The most frequent comorbid disorder was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (76.9%); 71.8% met criteria for an anxiety disorder, 66.7% for a depressive disorder, and 53.9% for an obsessive-compulsive or related disorder. Notably, 28.2% have attempted suicide. Individuals meeting criteria for MD have complex psychiatric problems spanning a range of DSM-V disorders. This finding provides evidence that MD is different than normal daydreaming and that these individuals experience considerable distress and impairment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0000000000000685",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000685"
}