[Dissociative identity disorder in adolescents: From self-diagnosis to transient illness]

Med Sci (Paris). 2023 Apr;39(4):377-379. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2023042. Epub 2023 Apr 24.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The category of dissociative identity disorder (DID) has puzzled medical science and fascinated popular culture for almost 200 years. Its occurrence in young people raises at least two new questions addressed by science studies and embedded philosophy: self-diagnosis (related to cyberchondria and mass media-induced illness) and transient disease (related to looping effect and identity claim specific to adolescence). In an attempt to refine the sociocognitive model, we analyze the impact of these notions in understanding the local ecological niche in which contemporary adolescent DID occurs.

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  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Dissociative Disorders / diagnosis
  • Dissociative Disorders / epidemiology
  • Dissociative Disorders / psychology
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder* / diagnosis
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder* / epidemiology
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder* / psychology
  • Humans

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