Socio-demographic and Clinical Profile of Persons with Dissociative Disorder
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Background: Dissociative (Conversion) Disorder is a partial or complete loss of normal integration between members of the past (ICD 10 DSMR). In mental health "Dissociation" is defined as an unconscious defence mechanism involving the segregation of any group of mental and behaviour processes from the rest of the person psychic activity. Some of the studies reported that a higher frequency of childhood abuse in people with D(C)D. There are many risk factors with D(C)D as well. Methodology: The study was conducted from June to September 2019 with 60 persons suffering from D(C)D, visited in OPD of IOP – COE was taken for the study. All the persons were diagnosed by a registered psychiatrist by following the criteria of ICD 10 DCR in OPD of IOP-COE were taken for consideration. There all persons were informed about the study and written consent was taken for inclusion. Then DES administer and scored above 30 were taken up for study. Then the person with D(C)D was evaluated for socio-demographic variables and clinical presentation on semi-structured proforma. Result: The majority of persons with D(C)D fell between the age range of 18-55 years. Also, the majority of persons belonged from the low socio-economic status from female category and many persons presented with a history of childhood traumatic experiences. Conclusion: D(C)D are commonly seen in females, they are always present in childhood trauma especially emotional ones are present from childhood.
Keywords: Conversion, dissociation, socio-demographic, clinical factor
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