Differentiating Dissociative Disorders from Other Diagnostic Groups Through Somatoform Dissociation in Turkey

This study aimed to assess the reliability, validity, and psychometric characteristics of the Turkish version of the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20). In this context, it investigated whether somatoform dissociation differentiates dissociative disorders from other diagnostic groups and non-clinical individuals. The Turkish Version of the SDQ-20 was administered to 50 patients with a dissociative disorder, 94 patients with psychiatric disorders other than dissociative disorder, and 175 non-clinical participants. To confirm the clinical diagnosis, all patients in the dissociative disorder group had been evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Vedat Sar is Professor of Psychiatry, and Director, Clinical Psychotherapy Unit and Dissociative Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University. Turgut Kundakci is Psychiatrist, Student Health Center, Istanbul University. Emre Kiziltan is Psychiatrist and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Pharmacology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University. Bahadir Bakim is Psychiatrist, Istinye State Hospital, Istanbul. Oya Bozkurt is Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University. Address correspondence to: Prof. Dr. Vedat Sar, Clinical Psychotherapy Unit and Dissociative Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, 34390 Turkey (E-mail: [email protected]). Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Vol. 1(4) 200