title: First reported case of Lorazepam-assisted interview in a young Indian female presenting with dissociative identity disorder and improvement in symptoms after the interview.
abstract: Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is one of the most fascinating disorders in psychiatry. The arduous search to reveal the obscurity of this disorder has led to colossal research in this area over the years. Although drug-assisted interviews are not widely used, they may be beneficial for some patients that do not respond to conventional treatments such as supportive psychotherapy or psychopharmacotherapy. Drug-assisted interviews facilitate recall of memories in promoting integration of dissociative information. We report a case of a 16-year-old female with dissociative identity disorder (DID) that was treated with lorazepam-assisted interview and there was rapid improvement in symptoms after the interview.
authors.affiliation: ECT Clinic, Postgraduate Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190010, India ; Memory Clinic, Postgraduate Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srinagar 190010, India.
authors.forename: Raheel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mushtaq
authors.affiliation: ECT Clinic, Postgraduate Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190010, India ; Memory Clinic, Postgraduate Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srinagar 190010, India.
authors.forename: Sheikh
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3739-706X
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoib
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Department of Dermatology, Government Medical College, Srinagar 190010, India.
authors.forename: Tasleem
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arif
authors.affiliation: Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190010, India.
authors.forename: Tabindah
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences, Jammu, India.
authors.forename: Sahil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mushtaq