Controversy about dissociation and the dissociative disorders (DD) has existed since the
beginning of modern psychiatry and psychology. Even among professionals, beliefs about …

Objective: To review the research addressing the relationship of childhood trauma to
psychosis and schizophrenia, and to discuss the theoretical and clinical implications …

Background: We present recommendations for revision of the diagnostic criteria for the
Dissociative Disorders (DDs) for DSM‐5. The periodic revision of the DSM provides an …

Objective: Despite its long and auspicious place in the history of psychiatry, dissociative
identity disorder (DID) has been associated with controversy. This paper aims to examine …

There is renewed interest in the relationship between early childhood trauma and risk of
psychosis in adulthood. There are a large number of studies of psychiatric inpatients, and of …

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a complex, posttraumatic, developmental disorder for
which we now, after four decades of research, have an authoritative research base, but a …

Background: Symptoms of depersonalisation (DP) and derealisation (DR) are increasingly
recognised in both clinical and non-clinical settings, but their importance and underlying …

Objective: Smaller hippocampal volume has been reported in several stress-related
psychiatric disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), borderline personality …

Objective: Previous studies have shown that exposure to parental verbal abuse in childhood
is associated with higher rates of adult psychopathology and alterations in brain structure. In …

Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence of DSM-IV dissociative
disorders in an inner-city outpatient psychiatric population. Method: Subjects were 231 …