Presentation and psychiatric CO morbidity in patients presenting with dissociative disorders

ABSTRACT

To determine the type of presentation of Dissociative Disorders and to estimate the frequency of Anxiety and Depression among patients of Dissociative Disorders. Cross sectional study. The study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pakistan Ordinance Factory Hospital, Wah Cantt from June 2008 to April 2009. 100 patients of Dissociative Disorders were included in the study that was selected through purposive sampling. Category of presentation of Dissociative Disorders in the participants was determined by using ICD 10 Research Diagnostic Criteria. A subsequent assessment for the presence or absence of Anxiety and Depression was carried out by using Agha Khan University Anxiety and Depression Scale [AKUADS]. Frequency of Anxiety and Depression was calculated in patients of Dissociative disorders. The commonest type of presentation of Dissociative Disorders was Dissociative Anesthesia and Sensory Loss 38 [38%] followed by Dissociative Disorder Unspecified 30 [30%] with features similar to mania and psychosis. Anxiety and Depression was present in 74 [74%] of patients with Dissociative Disorders. It seems that unspecified variety has been increasing especially with different presentation. Two third of the patients with Dissociative Disorders were found to have Anxiety and Depression