Dissociation : Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 003-009 : Dissociative identity disorder: a clinical investigation of 20 cases in Turkey

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1995-03

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Tutkun, Hamdi
Yargic, L. Ilhan
Sar, Vedat

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Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation

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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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