Diagnosis Tools

Dissociative Disorders Packet

printable version

This packet contains information on:

Medical Rule Outs
Screeners
Diagnosis & Symptoms
Three Phases of Treatment
Treatment Goals (didplurality.blogspot.com)

Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES–II): Carlson & Putnam. 28-items

Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID): Paul Dell. 218-items

Multi-scale Dissociation Inventory (MDI): John Briere. 30-items

Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule: Colin Ross. 132-items

The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule* (DDIS) (google form) for registered clients

Download the DDIS PDF

https://www.rossinst.com/Downloads/DDIS-DSM-5-Scoring-Rules.pdf

*The Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation, the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule, or the Structured Clinical Interview for Dissociative Disorders, the last of which is considered the "gold-star" for diagnosis.

Note: The DESii is available through Patient Forms on the Portal (for registered clients).

Download a DES fillable
PDF and Scoring DES-II (google.com) (for registered clients)

“An Office Mental Status Examination For Complex Chronic Dissociative Symptoms And Multiple Personality Disorder” Richard Loewenstein, MD

"The most commonly used screening tool for dissociation is the Dissociative Experiences Scale. It is most useful for DID and misses many cases of dissociative amnesia, depersonalization/derealization, and more subtle identity intrusions such as those found in other specified dissociative disorder subtype 1 (OSSD-1); however, it can nonetheless be helpful for recognizing that dissociation may be present."

DIS-Q (google.com) for registered clients

DIS-Q Dissociation Questionnaire pdf

62 item Dissociation Questionnaire DIS-Q.

Another screening tool which is often used in research contexts, the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory, is more sensitive to detachment-related experiences but is still ultimately focused on DID.

Manual | The Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (mid-assessment.com)

MID folder

Other instruments that will not be discussed here include the following: the Child/Adolescent and the Child Dissociative Checklists (screening tools for children and adolescents); the Clinician Administered Dissociative States Scale (used to measure dissociative states at discrete points in time); and the Questionnaire of Experiences of Dissociation (QED), Dissociation Questionnaire (DIS-Q), Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20), and the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (ADES) (all of which are self-report measures of dissociation). Screening tools for trauma and posttraumatic stress may also be helpful. Examples include the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5), PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), and UCLA Child/Adolescent PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5."

Also

Dissociative Experiences Scale - a 28-item self-report instrument whose items primarily tap the absorption of outside information, use of imagination depersonalization, derealization, and amnesia.[12]

Dissociation Questionnaire - 63 questions that measure identity confusion and fragmentation, loss of control, amnesia, and absorption.

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) - 36-question subjective questions around challenges in goal-directed work, impulsivity, emotional responses to situations, ability to self-regulate emotions, etc.[13]

Dissociative Identity Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)