Dissociation : Vol. 2, No. 3, p. 169-189 : The dissociative disorders interview schedule: a structured interview

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1989-09

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Ross, Colin A.
Heber, Sharon
Norton, G. Ron, 1941-
Anderson, Donna
Anderson, Geri
Barchet, Paul

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Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation

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The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule (DDIS), a structured interview, has been developed to make DSM-III diagnoses of the dissociative disorders, somatization disorder, major depressive episode, and borderline personality disorder, Additional items provide information about substance abuse, childhood physical and sexual abuse, and secondary features of multiple personality disorder. These items provide information useful in the differential diagnosis of dissociative disorders. The DDIS has an overall inter-rater reliability of 0.68. For the diagnosis of multiple personality disorder it has a specifify of 100% and a sensitivity of 90%.

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p. 169-189

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