Dissociation and Schizophrenia

Abstract

Comorbidity of psychotic and dissociative disorders often is not reported. This 38 year-old female with a history of schizophrenic symptoms displayed evidence of dissociative identity disorder (DID) during admission to an inpatient psychiatric unit. The case illustrates how the presence of a dissociative disorder may influence the presentation of a co-morbid psychosis. The historical association and differential diagnosis between DID and schizophrenia is described. Implications of various treatment approaches for patients exhibiting dissociation in the context of psychosis are discussed. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: <getinfo@haworthpressinc.com> Website: <http://www.HaworthPress.com>]

A Review of Published Research on Adult Dissociative Identity Disorder

“…Among the case studies, treatment was the most prevalent topic (Bull, 2001;Curley and Zamudio, 2009;Ellison et al, 2000;Gold et al, 2001;Hudson, 2000;Humphreys et al, 2005;Kellett, 2005;Krakauer, 2009;Lakshmanan et al, 2010;Okugawa et al, 2005), followed by forensic analysis (Lin et al, 2007;Uchinuma and Sekine, 2000), physiological processes (Savitz et al, 2004;Sheehan et al, 2006;Williams et al, 2003), and clinical features (Alao et al, 2000;Fishbain et al, 2001;Jacome, 2001). DID was incidental to the main point of two cases (Ginsberg and Sussman, 2001;Yücel et al, 2000).…”