Back to Search
Start Over
Psychiatric Symptoms and Dissociation in Conversion, Somatization and Dissociative Disorders
- Source :
- CIÊNCIAVITAE, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2009.
-
Abstract
- Objective: Conversion, dissociation and somatization are historically related in the long established concept of hysteria. Somewhere along the way they were separated due to the Cartesian dualistic view. The aim of the present study was to compare these pathologies and investigate whether symptoms of these pathologies overlap in their clinical appearance in a Portuguese sample. Method: Twenty-six patients with conversion disorder, 38 with dissociative disorders, 40 with somatization disorder, and a comparison group of 46 patients having other psychiatric disorders answered questions about dissociation (Dissociative Experiences Scale), somatoform dissociation (Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire), and psychopathological symptoms (Brief Symptom Inventory). Results: Dissociative and somatoform symptoms were significantly more frequent in dissociative and conversion disorder than in somatization disorder and controls. There were no significant differences between dissociative and conversion patients. Conclusions: Conversion disorder is closely related to dissociative disorders. These results support the ICD-10 categorization of conversion disorder among dissociative disorders and the hypothesis of analogous psychopathological processes in conversion and dissociative disorders versus somatization disorder.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Male
Nosology
medicine.medical_specialty
Dissociation (neuropsychology)
Personality Inventory
Psychometrics
Hysteria
Comorbidity
Dissociative Disorders
Hysterical Neurosis
dissociation
hysteria
Diagnosis, Differential
Young Adult
medicine
Humans
Dissociative disorders
Somatization disorder
Somatoform Disorders
Psychiatry
Conversion disorder
somatization disorder
Portugal
Mental Disorders
conversion disorder
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Psychiatry and Mental health
Conversion Disorder
dissociative disorder
Female
Psychology
Somatization
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14401614 and 00048674
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....14c538fa829cf4073b60604e73e71086