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. 2021 Aug;219(2):413-414.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.168.

Dissociative identity disorder: out of the shadows at last?

Antje A T S Reinders  1 , Dick J Veltman  2
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Dissociative identity disorder: out of the shadows at last?

Antje A T S Reinders et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a severely debilitating disorder. Despite recognition in the current and past versions of the DSM, DID remains a controversial psychiatric disorder, which hampers its diagnosis and treatment. Neurobiological evidence regarding the aetiology of DID supports clinical observations that it is a severe form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Keywords: Aetiology; DID; PTSD; childhood trauma; fantasy; neurobiology; neuroimaging; trauma.

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