DSM-III subclassification of dissociative disorders applied to psychiatric outpatients in India



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Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:261-262
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association

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DSM-III subclassification of dissociative disorders applied to psychiatric outpatients in India

S Saxena and KV Prasad
Department of Psychiatry, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

In subclassifying 62 cases of DSM-III dissociative disorders in India, the authors found that 56 (90.3%) fell into the atypical subcategory. These cases could be easily separated into two additional subcategories, simple dissociative disorder and possession disorder, by using specified diagnostic criteria.

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