title: Reviewing the Dissociative Symptoms in Patients With Schizophreniaand their Association With Positive and Negative Symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study aimed to clarify dissociative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and its association with negative and positive symptom of schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on the 4(th) edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria, 80 schizophrenic subjects were randomly selected from patients who referred to the clinics of psychiatry hospital in Kerman, Iran. Eighty non-schizophrenic patients were chosen as the control group. Both groups were evaluated for dissociation symptom using the Dissociative Experience Scale (DES). Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) score was also used in the case group for determination of positive and negative symptom of schizophrenia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of dissociation symptom was 13% and 4% among schizophrenic and control groups, respectively (p = 0.02). In addition, there was a statistical significant association between DES score and positive symptom in schizophrenia (p = 0.02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association between dissociative symptom and schizophrenia was significant and dissociative symptoms were associated with positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  None.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Abolfazl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghoreishi
authors.affiliation: Scientific Researcher, Metabolic Disease Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shajari
keywords: Dissociative Experience Scale; Dissociative Symptom; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; Schizophrenia