Diagnostic Issues, Criteria, and Comorbidity of Dissociative Disorders

Abstract

provides the data and rationale for the changes made to the dissociative disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) / the appendix shows a comparison between the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-IV and those of its predecessor, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III-Revised (DSM-III-R) along with the proposed criteria for a diagnosis that, by virtue of being placed in the appendix of the DSM-IV is under consideration for the 5th edition of the DSM, namely dissociative trance disorder / the criteria and rationale for a diagnosis that was not accepted, secondary dissociative disorder due to a nonpsychiatric medical condition, will also be briefly reviewed / the appendix also contains the criteria for a new diagnosis, acute stress disorder, that includes dissociative symptoms from DSM-III-R to DSM-IV [dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder, depersonalization disorder, acute stress disorder, dissociative disorders not otherwise specified] / comorbidity [depression and affective lability, anxiety, conversion, first-rank symptoms, substance abuse and eating disorders (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)