title: Structured interview data on 102 cases of multiple personality disorder from four centers.
abstract: Patients with multiple personality disorder (N = 102) at four different centers were interviewed with the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule. The presenting characteristics of the patients at all four centers were very similar. The clinical profile that emerged included a history of childhood physical and/or sexual abuse in 97 (95.1%) of the cases. The subjects reported an average of 15.2 somatic symptoms, 6.4 Schneiderian symptoms, 10.2 secondary features of the disorder, 5.2 borderline personality disorder criteria, and 5.6 extrasensory experiences; their average score on the Dissociative Experiences Scale was 41.4. The results indicate that multiple personality disorder has a stable, consistent set of features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reagor
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bjornson
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002649:Child Abuse; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010268:Parapsychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology