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1996•Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North AmericaOpen access

The Intergenerational Transmission of Violence and Dissociation

Catherine A. Yeager, Dorothy Otnow Lewis

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Anecdotal evidence points to a tendency for dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder (DID/MPD) to run in families. This article reports on the prevalence of dissociation and other psychopathology in the families of 11 children with DID/MPD and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified. It describes the perpetuation of violent behaviors and dissociative defenses from one generation to the next.

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Anecdotal evidence points to a tendency for dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder (DID/MPD) to run in families. This article reports on the prevalence of dissociation and other psychopathology in the families of 11 children with DID/MPD and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified. It describes the perpetuation of violent behaviors and dissociative defenses from one generation to the next.

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Anecdotal evidence points to a tendency for dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder (DID/MPD) to run in families. This article reports on the prevalence of dissociation and other psychopathology in the families of 11 children with DID/MPD and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified. It describes the perpetuation of violent behaviors and dissociative defenses from one generation to the next.

Key concepts: Dissociative identity disorder, Dissociative, Multiple Personality Disorder, Dissociation (chemistry), Psychopathology, Psychology, Borderline personality disorder, Dissociative disorders

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