Dissociation and Psychosis: Conceptual Issues
Routledge eBooks October 24, 2018 DOI: 10.4324/9780203836286-3 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that dissociation's relationship to psychosis remains understudied in the psychosis field and that conceptual obstacles—including mind-body assumptions, definitions of dissociation and psychosis, the pseudo-hallucination concept, DSM schizophrenia criteria, research measures, the sociology of psychiatry, the drug industry, and etiological and treatment assumptions—must be resolved before dissociation can become central to diagnosis, research, and treatment. Offers recommendations for DSM-V and future research. |
Abstract
SUMMARY. The relationship between dissociation and psychosis is not a topic of serious study and research in the psychosis field, though it has received attention in the dissociation literature. A number of conceptual problems must be solved before the role of dissociation in schizophrenia and other psychoses can be a central issue in diagnosis, research and treatment. These include problems with: the model of mind-body interaction accepted in psychiatry, definitions of dissociation and psychosis, the concept of pseudo-hallucinations, DSM criteria for schizophrenia, research measures for dissociation and psychosis, the sociology of psychiatry, the drug industry, assumptions about etiology of dissociation and psychosis, and assumptions about treatment. These problems are discussed and recommendations are made for DSM-V and future research. doi:10.1300/J513v06n02_03 [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: < docdelivery@haworthpress.com > Website: < https://www.HaworthPress.com > 2007 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]