This project investigates the clinical phenomenology of dissociative disorders in children, adolescents and adults. Findings from a recent interview study of adults referred with a diagnosis of multiple personality or other DSM-IIIR dissociative disorder indicate that between 25-50% of these patients are misdiagnosed. Preliminary analyses of 110 cases of child and adolescent dissociative disorders indicate that Child Dissociative Checklist scores strongly correlated with clinician assessments of dissociative psychopathology.

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National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Intramural Research (Z01)
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1Z01MH002367-07
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3781390
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7
Fiscal Year
1993
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U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
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United States
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