Examining the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder in patients with childhood trauma.

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This study investigates the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder (DID) among three at-risk outpatient groups: individuals with borderline personality disorder, those experiencing functional dissociative crises, and patients with early psychosis. The research aims to assess the prevalence of other dissociative disorders and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while exploring correlations between childhood maltreatment, trauma onset age, and dissociative disorder diagnoses. Data will be collected through psychometric assessments and semi-structured clinical interviews, involving a total of 350 participants across the specified groups.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

I - Inclusion Criteria:

I-1: For all groups:

* Male or female
* Age \> or = 18
* Enrolled in or benefiting from a social security scheme
* Patient fluent in French
* Patient willing to undergo a psychological evaluation between 1h30 and 3h30
* Patient with a known history of psychotrauma in childhood before the age of 18 (sexual abuse, mistreatment, school harassment, natural disasters, attacks, etc.).
* Patient having received and understood complete information on the organization of the research and having given written free and informed consent prior to participation in the study.

I-2 : Patients in the borderline group

* Patients with main diagnosis of emotionally labile personality
* Patients with at least one psychiatric hospitalization in the last 3 years

I-3 : Patients in the early psychosis group

Patient with a diagnosis of mental state at risk of psychosis according to the criteria defined by CAARMS (Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental State) OR Patients diagnosed with a first psychotic episode on an outpatient basis or following a hospital stay

I-4 : Patients in the functional dissociative crises group

Patients diagnosed with functional dissociative crises by a specialized epileptologist

II- Non-inclusion criteria

* Impairment of the subject making it difficult or not impossible to participate in the trial or to understand the information provided to him/her
* Patients with specific difficulties in understanding SCID-D questions
* Psychiatric condition requiring hospitalization
* Patients with symptoms of recent toxic consumption (alcohol, cannabis, other ...) disrupting assessment responses
* Patient taking part in a pharmacological study involving a pro-dissociative molecule of the psychedelic type
* Pregnant, parturient or nursing mothers
* Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
* Person in a life-threatening emergency
* An adult under legal protection (guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice)
* Person unable to give consent and not subject to a legal protection measure

Where it's running

• Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy - CMP Jacquard et Des Près
  Nancy, France Recruiting
• CHRU Nancy - Neurology department
  Nancy, France Recruiting
• Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy - CLIP
  Nancy, France Not yet recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Coraline HINGRAY — Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
• Study coordinator: Lori PETROCELLI
• Email: petrocelli.psy@gmail.com
• Phone: +33383852377

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.