title: SCL-90 symptom patterns: indicators of dissociative disorders.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the SCL-90 profiles of adult outpatients with and without dissociative disorders. A total of 194 participants were administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders-Revised (SCID-D-R) and the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90). Patients with dissociative identity disorder (DID) reported significantly higher SCL-90 Global Severity Index (GSI) and individual subscale scores than those without dissociative disorders. It is recommended that patients who are polysymptomatic on the SCL-90 be considered for follow-up dissociative symptom assessment to aid differential diagnosis and to inform subsequent treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. m.steinberg@rcn.com
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: Declan T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sholomskas
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires