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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Trauma Studies

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  • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe, chronic condition often linked to trauma.
  • Current treatments are lengthy with high dropout rates, and evidence-based options are scarce.
  • Schema therapy is proposed as a potential alternative treatment for DID.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically test the effectiveness of schema therapy for patients diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
  • To provide an evidence-based treatment option for DID, addressing the current lack of research.
  • To evaluate schema therapy's impact on dissociative symptoms and overall well-being in DID patients.

Main Methods:

  • A case series experimental approach using a non-concurrent multiple baseline design.
  • Inclusion of ten outpatients diagnosed with DID by independent raters using the SCID-D-R.
  • Assessment of primary outcomes including dissociative symptom state, DID diagnosis presence (pre-, post-, follow-up), and dropout rates.

Main Results:

  • Schema therapy demonstrated a reduction in dissociative symptoms.
  • The study measured changes in the presence of the DID diagnosis and patient dropout rates.
  • Secondary outcomes assessed trait dissociative symptoms, comorbid conditions, and global distress.

Conclusions:

  • Schema therapy appears to be an effective treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder.
  • Further research is warranted to confirm these findings in larger, diverse populations.
  • This study contributes to the development of evidence-based treatments for complex trauma-related disorders.