Dreams in dissociative disorders.
Dreaming September 1, 1994 DOI: 10.1037/h0094410 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 48 |
| Population | Patients with a variety of dissociative disorders, including Multiple Personality Disorder |
| Citations | 14 |
| Key findings | For most dissociative disorders surveyed, recovery of repressed memories was the most frequent distinctive dream event. In Multiple Personality Disorder, patients also reported alters appearing as dream characters, alters orchestrating dream content, and, rarely, integration within a dream. The authors argue these dream characteristics may help facilitate therapy. |
Abstract
This article reports on a survey of dream characteristics of 48 patients with a variety of dissociative disorders. For most of these disorders, recovery of repressed memories was the most frequent distinctive dream event. For patients with Multiple Personality Disorder, many other phenomena occurred including alters appearing as dream characters, alters who could orchestrate dream content, and even, rarely, integration occurring within a dream. The strong potential of these dream characteristics to facilitate the therapy of dissociative disorders is discussed.
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