The validity of DSM-IV dissociative disorders categories in south-west Uganda.
Transcultural psychiatry June 1, 2005 Marjolein Van Duijl, Etzel Cardeña, Joop T V M De Jong 62 citations
Dissociative amnesia and depersonalization are recognized in Uganda as results of trauma and are useful categories, but dissociative fugue does not match local concepts and is confused with spirit possession, alcoholic fugues, or dementia. Dissociative identity disorder is consistently interpreted as a possession trance disorder by local healers. The DSM-IV classification of dissociative disorders receives only partial support for cross-cultural validity in Uganda.