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Dissociative identity disorder: out of the shadows at last?

Antje A T S ReindersDick J Veltman
Published in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2020)
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a severely debilitating disorder. Despite recognition in the current and past versions of the DSM, DID remains a controversial psychiatric disorder, which hampers its diagnosis and treatment. Neurobiological evidence regarding the aetiology of DID supports clinical observations that it is a severe form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • early onset
  • depressive symptoms
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