Errors of logic and scholarship concerning dissociative identity disorder.
The author reviewed a two-part critique of dissociative identity disorder published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. The two papers contain errors of logic and scholarship. Contrary to the conclusions in the critique, dissociative identity disorder has established diagnostic reliability and concurrent validity, the trauma histories of affected individuals can be corroborated, and the existing prospective treatment outcome literature demonstrates improvement in individuals receiving psychotherapy for the disorder. The available evidence supports the inclusion of dissociative identity disorder in future editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Ross
Colin A
CA
The Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma, Richardson, Texas 75080, USA. rossinst@rossinst.com
D015982:Bias; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results