This article presents a taxonomy of altered states of consciousness, primarily based on their central phenomenological features. Following taxonomic principles and a modified Delphi methodology, a multidisciplinary, international group identified eight distinct phenomenological/behavioral states (some with subcategories): proto and transitional, delirium, minimal to no awareness, experiential...
ABSTRACT Our aim was to examine U.S. national prevalence of pathological dissociation (PD) likely indicative of dissociative disorder, and associated morbidity, comorbidity, and childhood maltreatment. PD was assessed in 6,644 participants in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a nationally representative adult survey. Seven of the eight pathological dissociation taxon items were...
The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument for the measurement of present-state dissociative symptoms, the Clinician Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS). Reported here are interrater reliability and internal consistency of the CADSS, validity as assessed by comparisons with other instruments for the assessment of dissociation, and sensitivity of the CADSS to discriminate...