First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is one of the most fascinating disorders in psychiatry. The arduous search to reveal the obscurity of this disorder has led to colossal research in this area over the years. Although drug-assisted interviews are not widely used, they may be beneficial for some pa...

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Main Authors:	Raheel Mushtaq, Sheikh Shoib, Tasleem Arif, Tabindah Shah, Sahil Mushtaq
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/346939

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spelling	doaj-3d7cd87323e342159b2522d8be78301d2020-11-24T23:21:54ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382014-01-01201410.1155/2014/346939346939First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the InterviewRaheel Mushtaq0Sheikh Shoib1Tasleem Arif2Tabindah Shah3Sahil Mushtaq4ECT Clinic, Postgraduate Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190010, IndiaECT Clinic, Postgraduate Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190010, IndiaPost Graduate Department of Dermatology, Government Medical College, Srinagar 190010, IndiaGovernment Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190010, IndiaAcharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences, Jammu, IndiaDissociative identity disorder (DID) is one of the most fascinating disorders in psychiatry. The arduous search to reveal the obscurity of this disorder has led to colossal research in this area over the years. Although drug-assisted interviews are not widely used, they may be beneficial for some patients that do not respond to conventional treatments such as supportive psychotherapy or psychopharmacotherapy. Drug-assisted interviews facilitate recall of memories in promoting integration of dissociative information. We report a case of a 16-year-old female with dissociative identity disorder (DID) that was treated with lorazepam-assisted interview and there was rapid improvement in symptoms after the interview.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/346939
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spellingShingle	Raheel Mushtaq Sheikh Shoib Tasleem Arif Tabindah Shah Sahil Mushtaq First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview Case Reports in Psychiatry
author_facet	Raheel Mushtaq Sheikh Shoib Tasleem Arif Tabindah Shah Sahil Mushtaq
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title	First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview
title_short	First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview
title_full	First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview
title_fullStr	First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview
title_full_unstemmed	First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview
title_sort	first reported case of lorazepam-assisted interview in a young indian female presenting with dissociative identity disorder and improvement in symptoms after the interview
publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Psychiatry
issn	2090-682X 2090-6838
publishDate	2014-01-01
description	Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is one of the most fascinating disorders in psychiatry. The arduous search to reveal the obscurity of this disorder has led to colossal research in this area over the years. Although drug-assisted interviews are not widely used, they may be beneficial for some patients that do not respond to conventional treatments such as supportive psychotherapy or psychopharmacotherapy. Drug-assisted interviews facilitate recall of memories in promoting integration of dissociative information. We report a case of a 16-year-old female with dissociative identity disorder (DID) that was treated with lorazepam-assisted interview and there was rapid improvement in symptoms after the interview.
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/346939
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First Reported Case of Lorazepam-Assisted Interview in a Young Indian Female Presenting with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Improvement in Symptoms after the Interview

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