Psychiatr. praxi. 2011;12(4):162-165

Pathological dissociation - is it or not?

MUDr.PhDr.Petr Pastucha, Ph.D.^1,2, prof.MUDr.Ján Praško, CSc.^1,3,4,5, MUDr.Andrea Cinculová^1,3

¹ Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

² Psychiatrická ambulance Valašské Meziříčí

³ Klinika psychiatrie Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc

⁴ Psychiatrické centrum Praha

⁵ Centrum neuropsychiatrických studií, Praha

The concept of dissociation is currently discussed as a phenomenon containing both pathological and the non-pathological component.

The pathological form of dissociation may in some mental disorders represent one symptom amongst many symptoms of the whole

psychopathological picture. The quantity of it is different in a different type of the disorder. On the contrary the non-pathological form

of dissociation is quite a common phenomenon in the normal healthy population. DES-T questionnaire containing 8 items is used for

screening (to detect) the pathological form of dissociation. Our own findings support the concept of the pathological dissociation. We

proved high prevalence of pathological dissociation in patiens with the Borderline Personality Disorder and in the group of the Dissociative

disorders. The Panic Disorder appears to be the opposite – the finding of the pathological dissociation is comparable to that of

the common population.

Keywords: depressive disorder, dissociation, dissociative disorder, borderline personality disorder, panic disorder, pathological dissociation

Published: October 22, 2011  Show citation