CLINICAL AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER AT PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT THAI NGUYEN CENTRAL HOSPITAL

Abstract

The rate of mental disorders is increasing in developing countries, especially the increase in stress-related disorders including dissociation disorders. This study used cross-sectional descriptive method to describe the clinical and personality characteristics of 32 patients with dissociation disorders treated at the Psychiatry Department at Thai Nguyen Central Hospital from January 2019 to December 2019. Research results show that dissociative disorder occurred suddenly in 100% participants and happened after the psychological trauma, especially, psychological trauma in the family (46.88%) and at work (34.37%). The onset of symptoms was often similar to physical illness. The most common clinical symptom was dissociated convulsions (56.25%); the autonomic nervous system - visceral Dissociative symptoms manifested differently, among which headache (43.75%) and shortness of breath (31.25%) were common symptoms. Mental disorders associated with dissociative disorder made up a high proportion including depression (53.12%) and anxiety (40.62%). The dissociative disorder was more likely to happen in people with extroverted personalities (62.5%), the majority of patients had unstable mental properties (78.13%).