Fact or factitious? A psychobiological study of authentic and simulated dissociative identity states.

BACKGROUND: Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a disputed psychiatric disorder. Research findings and clinical observations suggest that DID involves an authentic mental disorder related to factors such as traumatization and disrupted attachment. A competing view indicates that DID is due to fa...

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Main Authors: A A T S Reinders, Antoon T M Willemsen, Herry P J Vos, Johan A den Boer, Ellert R S Nijenhuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387157?pdf=render