Dissociative Identity Disorders in Korea: Two Recent Cases.
- Author:
Ilbin KIM
1
;
Daeho KIM
;
Hyun Jin JUNG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Dissociative identity disorder; Dissociative disorders; Culture; Asia; Childhood trauma
- MeSH: Asia; Child; Child Abuse; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Dissociative Disorders; Far East; Humans; Inpatients; Korea*; Multiple Personality Disorder; Neuroimaging; Prevalence
- From:Psychiatry Investigation 2016;13(2):250-252
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Although dissociative identity disorder (DID), the most severe of the dissociative disorders, has retained its own diagnostic entity since its introduction in the DSM-III, cases of DID are rarely seen in South and East Asia, likely due to the higher prevalence of possession disorder. We report two patients with DID who were recently admitted to our inpatient psychiatric unit and demonstrated distinct transitions to several identities. Their diagnoses were confirmed through a structured interview for dissociative disorders and possible differential diagnoses were ruled out by psychological, neuroimaging, and laboratory tests. The rapid transition to a Westernized, individualized society along with an increase in child abuse, might contribute to an increase in DID, previously under-diagnosed in this region.
