Dissociative identity disorder and childhood trauma in Japan |
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| Authors: | KATSUMASA AN MD,,SHUNZO KOBAYASHI MD,,KIWAMU TANAKA MD,,HIROYUKI KANEDA MD,,MINORU SUGIBAYASHI MD, & JUNKO OKAZAKI CP |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; Omura Hospital, Hyogo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Takatsuki Hospital, Osaka, Japan; Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A series of 15 cases of dissociative identity disorder (DID) was reviewed using an 85-item checklist. The cases resembled those seen in North America, particularly with respect to clinical symptoms, alter personalities and history of childhood trauma. The authors suggest that DID may be as common in Japan as in North America. |
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| Keywords: | childhood trauma dissociative identity disorder Japan |
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