Two of us live in this body
Introduction The dissociative disorders are characterized by a disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior. Objectives We present the case of a 22-year-old patient, who has be...
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| author | M. Palomo Monge M. Pérez Fominaya M.V. López Rodrigo A. Osca Oliver M.F. Tascón Guerra C. García Montero V. Ros Font |
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Introduction
The dissociative disorders are characterized by a disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior.
Objectives
We present the case of a 22-year-old patient, who has been following up for just over a year. The patient refers that two people inhabit her body, talk to each other, exchange opinions and both have control over the body, one giving the turn to the other depending on the circumstances. To this is added delusional symptoms of grandeur and sensorial-perceptual symptoms. In turn, depressive symptoms have appeared that have led the patient to have several suicide attempts throughout the follow-up
time.
Methods
During this time, the patient has required hospital admission on two occasions due to the autolytic ideation. Treatment with neuroleptics and antidepressants has been established that have helped control delusions and thoughts of death, but not the dissociative clinic.
Results
Dissociative Identity disorder 300.14 (F44.81)
Conclusions
The different symptoms presented by the patient, as well as the social and occupational deterioration that he presents, make this an extremely complicated case, both in diagnosis and in treatment. Dissociative identity disorder has been very controversial, changing its diagnostic criteria over time. More studies are needed and perhaps future research can give us more clues about this disorder.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4cc1e75f6df84133b5b41f15ef8b53a32023-11-17T05:06:25ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S870S87010.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2256Two of us live in this bodyM. Palomo Monge0M. Pérez Fominaya1M.V. López Rodrigo2A. Osca Oliver3M.F. Tascón Guerra4C. García Montero5V. Ros Font6Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Psiquiatria, Talavera de la Reina, SpainHospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Psiquiatria, Talavera de la Reina, SpainHospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Psiquiatría, Talavera de la Reina, SpainHospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Psiquiatría, Talavera de la Reina, SpainHospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Psiquiatria, Talavera de la Reina, SpainHospital Provincial de Ávila, Servicio De Psiquiatría, Ávila, SpainHospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Psiquiatria, Talavera de la Reina, Spain Introduction The dissociative disorders are characterized by a disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior. Objectives We present the case of a 22-year-old patient, who has been following up for just over a year. The patient refers that two people inhabit her body, talk to each other, exchange opinions and both have control over the body, one giving the turn to the other depending on the circumstances. To this is added delusional symptoms of grandeur and sensorial-perceptual symptoms. In turn, depressive symptoms have appeared that have led the patient to have several suicide attempts throughout the follow-up time. Methods During this time, the patient has required hospital admission on two occasions due to the autolytic ideation. Treatment with neuroleptics and antidepressants has been established that have helped control delusions and thoughts of death, but not the dissociative clinic. Results Dissociative Identity disorder 300.14 (F44.81) Conclusions The different symptoms presented by the patient, as well as the social and occupational deterioration that he presents, make this an extremely complicated case, both in diagnosis and in treatment. Dissociative identity disorder has been very controversial, changing its diagnostic criteria over time. More studies are needed and perhaps future research can give us more clues about this disorder. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822022568/type/journal_articleDissociative Identity disordermultiple personalitydissociative disordersdelusional symptoms |
| spellingShingle | M. Palomo Monge M. Pérez Fominaya M.V. López Rodrigo A. Osca Oliver M.F. Tascón Guerra C. García Montero V. Ros Font Two of us live in this body European Psychiatry Dissociative Identity disorder multiple personality dissociative disorders delusional symptoms |
| title | Two of us live in this body |
| title_full | Two of us live in this body |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Two of us live in this body |
| title_short | Two of us live in this body |
| title_sort | two of us live in this body |
| topic | Dissociative Identity disorder multiple personality dissociative disorders delusional symptoms |
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