Dissociation

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The official journal of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), published between 1988 and 1997. The current official journal of ISSTD is the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. Members of the University of Oregon community can access the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation online.

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    Dissociation : Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 003-009 : Dissociative identity disorder: a clinical investigation of 20 cases in Turkey
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1995-03) Tutkun, Hamdi; Yargic, L. Ilhan; Sar, Vedat
    This study describes the presentation and clinical features of dissociative identity disorder (DID) in Turkey. The first twenty consecutive patients in a dissociative disorders program of a university clinic in Turkey who met the DSM-HI--R criteria for multiple personality disorder (MPD) and DSM-IV criteria for DID were assessed with clinical interviews, a structured evaluation form consisting of 126 items, and the Dissociative Experiences Scale. Eighteen of the patients were women in their twenties. The median number of alternate personalities was four. Eighty five percent of the patients complained severe headache. All of the patients had at least one Schneiderian first-rank symptom. Childhood traumas were reported in 85% of the cases. The mean DES score was 47.2. These results are remarkably similar to findings from North America and Western Europe, suggesting the validity of DID across cultures.
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    Dissociation : Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 010-013 : Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the dissociative experiences scale
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1995-03) Yargic, L. Ilhan; Tutkun, Hamdi; Sar, Vedat
    The dissociative experiences scale (DES) is a 28-item self-rating questionnaire measuring dissociation. It is a reliable and valid instrument that is able to distinguish between subjects with a dissociative disorder and those without. It is also a screening test for major dissociative psychopathology in normal and clinical populations. In order to test its validity and reliability, a Turkish version of DES was administered to 25 patients with multiple personality disorder, 23 patients with schizophrenic disorder, 21 patients with bipolar affective disorder, 26 patients with obsessive compulsive disorder and 671 subjects as a non-psychiatric control group. The Turkish version of DES has good split-half and test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and criterion-related validity. It is able to differentiate between subjects with and without chronic, complex dissociative disorders.
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    Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 4, p. 244-252 : Dissociative identity disorder presenting as hysterical psychosis
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1996-12) Tutkun, Hamdi; Yargic, L. Ilhan; Sar, Vedat
    Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD), usually presents with associated symptoms rather than with the main features of the disorder. It is necessary for the clinician to keep it in mind as a diagnostic probability and to know its various presentations and associated symptoms in order to recognize it. We observed during long-term evaluation of four cases of hysterical psychosis (HP), that they had DID with long-term histories of dissociative symptoms. Patients applying for care who manifest a single dissociative symptom, a dissociative disorder, a severe acute dissociative syndrome with regressive features, or a dramatic and therapy-resistant conversion symptom should be evaluated for other dissociative symptoms and especially for their chronicity. In our experience, one presenting form of dissociative identity disorder is a hysterical psychosis, a type of crisis situation in the context of the longitudinal course of the dissociative identity disorder.
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    Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 4, p. 253-260 : Dissociative identity disorder in childhood: five turkish cases
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1996-12) Zoroglu, Salih; Yargic, L. Ilhan; Tutkun, Hamdi; Ozturk, Mucahit; Sar, Vedat
    In this paper, the diagnostic processes, previous diagnoses, clinical symptomatology, life events, traumatic experiences, family histories, and treatment of five children (three girls and two boys between five and eleven years of age) with DID are presented. Clinical findings were headaches, aggressive behavior and outbursts, trance-like experiences, amnesias, inconsistent school performance, lying, sleep disturbances, and depressive symptoms. One of the patients had been treated previously under different diagnoses. The number of alter personalities ranged from two to eleven. One of the patients, a ten-year-old girl, had two distinct personality systems. All of the cases presented at least four Schneiderian first-rank symptoms except an eleven-year-old boy who had only one. All of the cases had amnesia between at least two alters during interviews initially, except for a five-year-old case who did not. A ten-year-old girl was treated successfully and her alter personalities integrated. The others discontinued the therapy.