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. 1999 Feb;156(2):321-3.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.156.2.321.

Attitudes toward DSM-IV dissociative disorders diagnoses among board-certified American psychiatrists

H G Pope Jr  1 , P S Oliva, J I Hudson, J A Bodkin, A J Gruber
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Attitudes toward DSM-IV dissociative disorders diagnoses among board-certified American psychiatrists

H G Pope Jr et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: The authors assessed the opinions of American psychiatrists regarding the diagnostic status and scientific validity of the DSM-IV categories of dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.

Method: A one-page questionnaire was mailed to a random national sample of 367 board-certified American psychiatrists.

Results: Three hundred one responses were received-a rate of 82%. Only about one-third of respondents replied that dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder should be included without reservations in DSM-IV; a larger proportion replied that these categories should be included only as proposed diagnoses. Only about one-quarter of respondents felt that diagnoses of dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder were supported by strong evidence of scientific validity.

Conclusions: Among board-certified American psychiatrists, there currently appears to be little consensus regarding the diagnostic status or scientific validity of dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.

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